Quotations and sayings are short phrases that can make us stop and think for a while. They are inspiring and motivating, and can change our way of life if we will not just react on them but continuously act upon them. Managers often use motivational quotes to motivate themselves and their subordinates towards reaching their common goals and making sure that the business is consistently productive, profitable and sustainable. If you’re the boss in the workplace and you want to boost your managerial skills and wisdom, here are 50 best quotes for managers like you.


1. “The first rule of management is delegation. Don’t try and do everything yourself because you can’t.” -Anthea Turner
2. “Management must manage!” -Harold S. Geneen

3. “The conventional definition of management is getting work done through people, but real management is developing people through work.” -Agha Hasan Abedi

4. “Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.” -Stephen R. Covey

5. “Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.” -Stephen R. Covey

6. “Remember the difference between a boss and a leader; a boss says “Go!” – a leader says “Let’s go!”’ -E.M. Kelly

7. “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” -Henry Ford

8. “Teamwork divides the task and multiplies the success.”

9. “If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” -Henry Ford

10. “A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says “I was beaten,” he does not say “My men were beaten.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupery

11. “Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. “ -Anne Bradstreet

12. “The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay.” -Steve Jobs

13. “Management is nothing more than motivating other people.” -Lee Iacocca

14. “A good manager is a man who isn’t worried about his own career but rather the careers of those who work for him.” -H. S. M. Burns

15. “The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the four guys who haven’t made up their minds.” -Casey Stengel