Ava DuVernay Quotes

Business is about being the best that you can be, and there are always glowing examples of people that we can all learn from.

People who dream of something bigger and better are good role models.

Leadership is one of the things I really strive to excel in in my life.

I think having a vision can make someone an influential man. I'm not talking about acting or anything like that, I'm talking about people I admire, whether it's a writer or a musician or a sports figure or a politician, whatever.

Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.

Reese Witherspoon made me better. Just working with her, being with her, I learned so much. I want to be like her.

One of the wonderful things about Oprah: She teaches you to keep on stepping.

I want to succeed, but I want to make an impact in the people's lives that I'm around. So that means teammates, fans, coaches, staff, everybody.

I was incredibly inspired by Oprah Winfrey as a young woman.

I believe that leaders should inspire you to be more like them.

Before I became a leader, I thought success was all about building myself up. But then, once I became a leader, I realized that success is about building others up.

To me, the #1 key to success is 'creating lasting positive change in yourself and others.' That is what is most rare, most difficult, and most valuable about leading people.

You always want to hear from the best about how to be the best.

Choose great people and shine in their shadows

The truly successful person inspires others to do more than they have thought possible for themselves.

You have the power to help people become winners.

I'm in no way suggesting that I succeed, but it's inspiring to read somebody who does succeed and from whom, in a general way, you can draw examples and nourishment and sustenance.

Let others lead small lives, but not you

The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.

The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.

The leader is the person who brings a little magic to the moment.

I realized I love motivating and I love empowering and I love inspiring people. I did that as an athlete for 18 years, and I am able to do that as a motivational speaker now as well as doing work on television.

I told as much of my life as I could to encourage people: to encourage others to get to where they should be, where they want to be.

In a battery, I strive to maximize electrical potential. When mentoring, I strive to maximize human potential.

I think leadership is not something you learn; it's something you discover.