Top 100 Engagement Quotes
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51. “The best minute you spend is the one you invest in people.”

— Kenneth H. Blanchard

52. “No one likes to feel that he or she is being sold some-thing or told to do a thing. We much prefer to feel that we are buying of our own accord or acting on our own ideas. We like to be consulted about our wishes, our wants, our thoughts.”

— Dale Carnegie

53. “We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there “is” such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and positive action.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

54. “A different world cannot be built by indifferent people.”

— Peter Marshall

55. “Never underestimate the ability of a small group of committed individuals to change the world.”

— Margaret Mead

56. “The brands that can connect with client in a real way will win.”

— Gary Vaynerchuk

57. “If I’m not saying ‘Hell Yeah!’ to something, then I say no.”

— Derek Sivers

58. “The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.”

— Pierre de Coubertin

59. “There is one aspect of happiness that’s been well studied, and it’s the notion of flow. Ask yourselves, when for you does time stop? When are you truly at home, wanting to be no place else?”

— Martin E.P. Seligman

60. “Be a student, not a follower. Take interest in what someone says, then debate it, ponder it, and consider it from all angles.”

— Jim Rohn

61. “Relationships are all there is. Everything in the universe only exists because it is in relationship to everything else. Nothing exists in isolation. We have to stop pretending we are individuals that can go it alone.”

— Margaret J. Wheatley

62. “Coming together is a beginning, and staying together is progress, but only when teams sweat together do they find success.”

— John C. Maxwell

63. “Successful social media marketing is not built on impressions. It is built on relationships.”

— Kim Garst

64. “Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.”

— Dale Carnegie

65. “The true price of leadership is the willingness to place the needs of others above your own. Great leaders truly care about those they are privileged to lead and understand that the true cost of the leadership privilege comes at the expense of self-interest.”

— Simon Sinek

66. “The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something.”

— Barack Obama

67. “People are entitled to joy in work.”

— W. Edwards Deming

68. “Become genuinely interested in other people.”

— Dale Carnegie

69. “The best public policy is made when you are listening to people who are going to be impacted.”

— Elizabeth Dole

70. “Leadership is influence. It is the ability to obtain followers. When the leader lacks confidence, the followers have no commitment. A leader is great not because of his power, but because of his ability to empower others.”

— John C. Maxwell

71. “Jabs are the lightweight pieces of content that benefit your customers by making them laugh, snicker, ponder, play a game, feel appreciated, or escape; right hooks are calls to action that benefit your businesses.”

— Gary Vaynerchuk

72. “Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, ‘Make me feel important.’ Never forget this message when working with people.”

— Mary Kay Ash

73. “Sit up straight, listen and participate.”

— Pat Summitt

74. “First, you have to be visible in the community. You have to get out there and connect with people. It’s not called net-sitting or net-eating. It’s called networking. You have to work at it.”

— Ivan Misner

75. “Create the kind of workplace and company culture that will attract great talent. If you hire brilliant people, they will make work feel more like play.”

— Richard Branson

76. “Democracy is not a spectator sport.”

— Marian Wright Edelman

77. “Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world.”

— Dolores Huerta

78. “Do not think your single vote does not matter much. The rain that refreshes the parched ground is made up of single drops.”

— Kate Sheppard

79. “Connecting is the ability to identify with people and relate to them in a way that increases your influence with them.”

— John C. Maxwell

80. “Find your voice, and inspire others to find theirs. Don’t ignore that longing to make a difference.”

— Stephen R. Covey

81. “Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

82. “When we seek for connection, we restore the world to wholeness. Our seemingly separate lives become meaningful as we discover how truly necessary we are to each other.”

— Margaret J. Wheatley

83. “Give young people a greater voice. They are the future and they are much wiser than we give them credit for.”

— Desmond Tutu

84. “Young people, when informed and empowered, when they realize that what they do truly makes a difference, can indeed change the world.”

— Jane Goodall

85. “When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It’s very simple.”

— Paulo Coelho

86. “You commit yourself to such a level where there is no compromise. You give everything you have, everything, absolutely everything.”

— Ayrton Senna

87. “Open, honest communication is the best foundation for any relationship, but remember that at the end of the day it’s not what you say or what you do, but how you make people feel that matters the most.”

— Tony Hsieh

88. “Making a difference in your work is not about productivity; it’s about people. When you focus on others and connect with them, you can work together to accomplish great things.”

— John C. Maxwell

89. “Earn the right to be heard by listening to others. Seek to understand a situation before making judgments about it.”

— John C. Maxwell

90. “Live your life to the fullest; and then, and only then, die. Don’t leave any unlived life behind.”

— Irvin D. Yalom

91. “The size of your audience doesn’t matter. What’s important is that your audience is listening.”

— Randy Pausch

92. “Live today. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Just today. Inhabit your moments. Don’t rent them out to tomorrow.”

— Jerry Spinelli

93. “Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.”

— Jim Rohn

94. “Make the other person feel important – and do it sincerely.”

— Dale Carnegie

95. “If you can hire people whose passion intersects with the job, they won’t require any supervision at all. They will manage themselves better than anyone could ever manage them. Their fire comes from within, not from without. Their motivation is internal, not external.”

— Stephen R. Covey

96. “I would rather have one man with enthusiasm working with me than ten who are complacent.”

— Thomas A. Edison

97. “A true leader doesn’t lead to gain power. They lead to empower and give power away.”

— Jon Gordon

98. “Whether it is your work, your love, or your life – unless you throw your entire self into it, you will never know what it is.”

— Jaggi Vasudev

99. “You can use social media to turn strangers into friends, friends into customers and customers into salespeople.”

— Seth Godin

100. “What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.”

— Nelson Mandela