The 10 Best Meditation Quotes for Leadership Focus and Inspiration
Mindfulness, leadership and meditation sayings from famous folks
This collection of leadership and meditation quotes is all about getting you motivated to pause, relax and focus on the present. No matter what road you choose to pursue, there are many benefits to doing daily meditation. Meditation can help with everything from reducing stress and improving concentration, increasing leadership and creativity, to better cardio and immune system health.
In a world with more distractions than ever, it can be increasingly difficult to focus on the present. It takes effort and practice to resist predicting the future and/or dwelling on the past. Whether you’re a beginner or an expert, you can do everything by meditation.
Below are some of our favorite quotes about meditation, leadership and mindfulness, and we’re pretty confident they will inspire you as well.
- “Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.” — Thich Nhat Hanh
2. “If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.” — Amit Ray
3. “You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you’re not passionate enough from the start, you’ll never stick it out.” ― Steve Jobs
4. “Leadership is not just some empty formulas but establishing deep connection at soul levels through service, integrity, passion, perseverance and equanimity.” ― Amit Ray
5. “Undisturbed calmness of mind is attained by cultivating friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and indifference toward the wicked.” — Patañjali
6. “Leadership grows like tall trees. It needs both toughness and flexibility — toughness for accountability — flexibility to adapt changes with a compassionate heart.” — Amit Ray
7. “Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.” ― John C. Maxwell
8. “Meditation is a way for nourishing and blossoming the divinity within you.” — Amit Ray
9. “Mindfulness is observing and asking why. Millions saw the apple fall but Newton asked why.” — Amit Ray
10. “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” ― Kurt Vonnegut
