Ken Blanchard Quotes

It's always marvelous to have somebody who, you know, you feel understands and wants to encourage.

Everyone has the potential to become an encourager. You don't have to be rich. You don't have to be a genius. You don't have to have it all together. All you have to do is care about people and initiate.

When I hear Obama speak he just seems really sincere and he just seems like somebody who actually has his heart and his motivation in the right place. Forget about color or race or gender or whatever, he's got his heart in the right place.

I'm no expert standing at a podium giving speeches. I share heartbeats. Compassion.

Taking an interest in what others are thinking and doing is often a much more powerful form of encouragement than praise.

I'm there for my friends, and I'd like to think I'm there for my employees.

You must love those you lead before you can be an effective leader. You can certainly command without that sense of commitment, but you cannot lead without it.

We do not know what lies ahead, yet whatever the challenge, leaders will rise, finding the heart, the language, the caring that embraces and sustains.

I've found throughout life that people do not care how much you know until they know how much you care.

I enjoy Impact so much because some places, if they see you down, they won't be good enough to come take your hand and help you with what you're going through.

People know if you care about them. How do you show people that you care? By caring for them. By putting their needs first. By sacrificing for them. By serving them. Do that, and you'll build a great team.

Each of us can provide a positive example to others in our lives, and that's powerful. When I visit those with difficult health conditions, I do my best to provide them with positive motivation because I know I was so inspired by people who showed support for me.

Big people take care of little people; we must live up to that trust.

I always knew I took care of more than myself from a young age. People depended on me.

People learn to lead because they care about something.

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

Here's the thing: When you become brilliant at listening, people feel that you care about them. When they feel you care about them, they begin to care about you. And when people care about you, your success becomes a part of how they define their success.

You can relate to somebody's pain and you have compassion, which can lead to intimacy.

If fear is the great enemy of intimacy, love is its true friend.

A true friend encourages us, comforts us, supports us like a big easy chair, offering us a safe refuge from the world.

I try to be a guide for people, to make their darkness bright and to make the pathway light, and never to condemn or control or criticize.

But when they needed love or help or had a problem of any kind, they could always go to Roselle because she was always there for them. That was not always the case with me.

Encouragement to others is something everyone can give. Somebody needs what you have to give. It may not be your money; it may be your time. It may be your listening ear. It may be your arms to encourage. It may be your smile to uplift. Who knows?

I'm the straight-talking woman in your life who is going to be really honest with you, but come from a place of love. I'm not talking down to you; I do this from my heart.

If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.