Ken Blanchard Quotes

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.

One of the deepest principles of life and leadership: it's not about you.

Self-sacrifice is essential to leadership. You will give, give all the time.

Being of service is not enough. You must become a servant of the people. When you do, you can demand their commitment in return

The secret to greatness is in serving everyone else.

The beginning and the end of all Christian leadership is to give your life for others.

Among us, who is above must be in service of the others. This doesn't mean we have to wash each other's feet every day, but we must help one another.

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

I believe in servant leadership, and the servant always asks, 'Where am I needed most?'

The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.

It's not about me, it's about my family. You don't answer questions for you, but for us. You learn to live beyond yourself.

Leadership is a privilege to better the lives of others. It is not an opportunity to satisfy personal greed.

If it awakens in us as a whole how important that is - the theme of how conquest and ambition are meaningless without contribution - I think then as a society we're in better shape. I hope people are inspired to be the best.

I've discovered new parts of my manhood, places I couldn't get to without loving someone else unconditionally and putting others before myself.

Often, we do not know where our choices will take us. This is why the best choices are often made based not on what they can bring to us, but what they will allow us to bring to others.

I don't want my life to just be about me.

It's like I learned in the military: the officers always ate last. When you're responsible for people, that's how it should be.

Service is key. And as I have more on my plate, and I have more ambitions and more goals and things I want for myself, I'm realizing more and more how important it is to be a servant.

I was sitting around, moping and feeling badly for myself. I went to the hospital to visit a child, and it hit me: helping people is what I'm meant to do.

And I think at the end of my life, it's not going to be about what I did for myself, but what I did for others. Maybe it's staying after practice to do hand signals with the guys to help them get caught up to speed. To make it about others - I think that's what leadership is all about, quarterbacking is all about.

Love starts when we push aside our ego and make room for someone else.

The great presidents are people who watch out for others.

Sometimes you have to put your own dreams on hold temporarily so you can help release a dream in somebody else. What you make happen for others, God will make happen for you.

Relationships break down, because it's about self. But when you take the "I" out of it and you're like, how can I make them happy, that means sacrifice. I think you have to be prepared to sacrifice, and a lot of people just aren't willing to. You have to give up a piece of yourself. By doing that, you get a greater sense of who you are. When you give something up, you need to fill the space where it used to be, and you understand the landscape in yourself a bit more.

You know that he who would be the greatest among you must become the servant of all.