
If you like this post, please consider following the blog. Winston, PhD Regent University, Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, 2005, Vol 12, No. Towards a Deeper Understanding of Hope and Leadership, Martha R. Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over it became a butterfly. This Proverb beautifully sums up the role of hope towards motivating people.

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” ~ John Quincy Adams Many of the great leaders have inspired people to achieve great things by infusing hope, instilling confidence in others about their own abilities, and showing them the means to achieve the goal.

Because unless you believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so.” ~ Noam Chomsky “Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Emerging concepts of leadership explicitly include hope as a key variable and have identified linkages between hope and Theories related to motivation, goal setting and goal pursuit. Studies have established the link between leadership and hope. Hope is one of the catalysts for the concentrated effort and vigorous activity that is needed to fulfil an organization’s purpose. “A Leader is a dealer in Hope.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte Hope, therefore, is both an antecedent, to behaviour and an outcome. Hopeful thinking on the part of leaders generates hopeful thinking in followers. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” ~ Helen Keller “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. “When you’re at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.” ~ Theodore Rooseveltīy hoping we enhance our capacity to envision a positive future in the face of uncertainty, and in the process, we prepare the way for future possibilities to emerge, and then we try to turn possibilities into reality. Hope is not just an emotion, it is a dynamic, powerful, and pervasive cognitive process and an activating force that helps us to tide over tough situations. “Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.” ~ Rabindranath Tagore Hope is the voice within us that tells us NOTto give up, no matter what. Whispering ‘it will be happier’.” ~ Alfred Tennysonĭuring the worst of times, the hope for a better tomorrow can keep us going. “Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, “Where flowers bloom so does hope.” ~ Lady Bird Johnson

Here is a collection of 10 beautiful quotes on the significance of hope and optimism in our lives. Quotes tagged as 'optimistic-quotes' Showing 1-30 of 45 It is not so much about what life hands you, but what you do with what you get. What keeps us going each day, is the belief that there is something good in store for us, or that the future holds something fancy in the form of luck, happiness, or whatever we wish for.Īs we go on in the pursuit of our goals, hopeful thinking at each and every stage in life, both during the good and bad times, gives us the energy and enthusiasm to move on with zest to pursue our goals. Hope inspires, Hope enthuses, Hope soothes, Hope seduces.
