Top 100 Blanchard Quotes: Famous Quotes & Sayings About Blanchard

#1. Author Kenneth Blanchard says, "There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results." That's what leaders do. They commit and follow through.

John C. Maxwell

#2. Don't look at how it is. Imagine how it was... -Suzanne Blanchard-Wells

Brandy Heineman

#3. Dudley snatched Blanchard's plate. That lad shouting racial slurs may be offending Dr. Ashida. Please take him someplace secluded and kick the shit out of him.

James Ellroy

#4. I've followed Notre Dame football since 1946, when I listened on the radio and Johnny Lujack tackled Doc Blanchard in the open field to preserve a 0-0 tie.

Lou Holtz

#5. In the acting community in New York we call 'Law & Order' 'grad school,' because everyone eventually does a 'Law & Order.' My first one was in 1995, which was a year after I got out of school. Matthew Blanchard was the character's name.

Dallas Roberts

#6. Some of the greatest advances happen when people are bold enough to speak their truth and listen to others speak theirs.

Kenneth H. Blanchard

#7. Learning is defined as a change in behavior. You haven't learned a thing until you take action and use it.

Ken Blanchard

#8. For the author there is nothing but his pen, till that and life are worn to the stump: and then, with good fortune, perhaps on his death-bed he receives a pension and equals, it may be, for a few months, the income of a retired butler!

Samuel Laman Blanchard

#9. Real communication happens when people feel safe.

Ken Blanchard

#10. Although Nature needs thousands or millions of years to create a new species, man needs only a few dozen years to destroy one.

Victor Blanchard Scheffer

#11. It's been said that if you don't toot your own horn, someone will come along and use it as a spittoon.

Kenneth H. Blanchard

#12. As a leader, the most important earthly relationship you can cultivate is your relationship with yourself.

Ken Blanchard

#13. Most companies spend all their time looking for another management concept and very little time following up the one they have just taught their managers.

Ken Blanchard

#14. The productivity of a work group seems to depend on how the group members see their own goals in relation to the goals of the organization.

Ken Blanchard

#15. Beware of putting all your focus into results. While results are important, your people should be your number one area of focus.

Ken Blanchard

#16. I'll always be back to the stage. I have no doubt that the stage will always call me back. There will always be a character that no one else can play, and I'll be back to play it.

Tammy Blanchard

#17. and although her mother and father come to church every Sunday, and give liberally to charities, their little girl is not taught to find happiness by thinking of others rather than of herself, and so that poor little self of hers often feels as much neglected as Maggie Horn ever did.

Amy Ella Blanchard

#18. In fact, .. Jesus is mentioned 75 times in the Koran.

Ken Blanchard

#19. Sometimes the solutions to our problems come from looking backwards, not forwards.

Jane V. Blanchard

#20. The best way to teach people is by telling a story

Kenneth H. Blanchard

#21. I just love Bayonne. I love the parks. I love the pizzerias. I love the simple things in life, and it's all here.

Tammy Blanchard

#22. The child gets two confusing messages when a parent tells him which is the right fork to use, and then proceeds to use the wrong one. So does the child who listens to parents bicker and fuss, yet is told to be nice to his brothers and sisters.

Rachel Blanchard

#23. Too many leaders act as if the sheep ... their people ... are there for the benefit of the shepherd, not that the shepherd has responsibility for the sheep.

Ken Blanchard

#24. There is nothing so unequal as the equal treatment of unequals. Friends

Kenneth H. Blanchard

#25. I just want to do great work: work that inspires people ... To know that you are given this gift in life and that you can gift other people with it, that's the most rewarding thing for me.

Tammy Blanchard

#26. Surfer girls rip and they are hot

Alana Blanchard

#27. No one can make you serve customers well. That's because great service is a choice.

Ken Blanchard

#28. There's a difference between interest
and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it
only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you
accept no excuses - only results.

Kenneth H. Blanchard

#29. The only show my mother could afford to take me to when I was growing up was 'Cats', for my birthday.

Tammy Blanchard

#30. When I first came to work her i spotted a problem that needed to be solved, but I didn't know what to do. So I called the One Minute Manager. When he answered the phone, I said, Sir, I have a problem. Befor I could get another word out, he said, Good! That's what you've been hired to solve.

Kenneth H. Blanchard

#31. If you want to know why your people are not performing well, step up to the mirror and take a peek.

Ken Blanchard

#32. Empowerment Is Something Someone Gives You. Self Leadership Is What You Do To Make It Work.

Kenneth H. Blanchard

#33. Empowerment requires a major shift in attitude. The most crucial place that this shift must occur is in the heart of every leader.

Kenneth H. Blanchard

#34. I love acting so much that I have to have that as much as I have to have my time with my kid.

Tammy Blanchard

#35. People with humility don't think less of themselves, they just think of themselves less.

Ken Blanchard

#36. Customer service is not a department, it's everyone's job.

Ken Blanchard

#37. Empowerment means that people have the freedom to act. It also means that they are accountable for results.

Kenneth H. Blanchard

#38. The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.

Ken Blanchard

#39. The only job security you have today os your commitment to continuous personal improvement.

Ken Blanchard

#40. My Emmy is in my china closet. People don't really look at it, though.

Tammy Blanchard

#41. Take a minute: look at your goals, look at your performance, see if your behavior matches your goals.

Kenneth H. Blanchard

#42. From the air Anguilla looked narrow, flat, and scrubby, but that was only part of the picture.

Melinda Blanchard

#43. Spouses often point out each other's deficiencies. Instead, we should be each other's motivator. My husband touches my spirit, and I try my best to motivate him, too.

Ken Blanchard

#44. Unexpressed good thoughts aren't worth squat!

Kenneth H. Blanchard

#45. I think it's more important to be fit so that you can be healthy and enjoy activities than it is to have a good body.

Rachel Blanchard

#46. Knowing where you're going is the first step to get there.

Kenneth H. Blanchard

#47. Have you ever dreamt about doing something totally foolish, something so absurd that perhaps you were afraid to tell anyone except possibly those closest to you? I harbored such a secret for most of my adult life - I secretly wanted to hike the Appalachian Trail [A.T.] from Georgia to Maine.

Dennis R. Blanchard

#48. Purpose can never be about achievement; it is much bigger.

Ken Blanchard

#49. The Hoffman Process brings forth spiritual leadership in a person. It made my spirituality come alive. Through the Hoffman Process I actually brought my faith into my daily actions.

Ken Blanchard

#50. If engines of love and power drive mankind, surely the bearings would burn to a frazzle without the oil of laughter.

Smoke Blanchard

#51. Empowerment is all about letting go so that others can get going.

Ken Blanchard

#52. Effective team leaders adjust their style to provide what the group can't provide for itself.

Ken Blanchard

#53. Anything worth doing does not have to be done perfectly - at first.

Ken Blanchard

#54. I understand Twitter much more than I understand Tumblr.

Rowan Blanchard

#55. I am very sorry, Aidan, but you have been asleep - or dead, depending on your point of view - for three thousand years.

Robert Blanchard

#56. A clear purpose will unite you as you move forward, values will guide your behavior, and goals will focus your energy.

Kenneth H. Blanchard

#57. A passionate activity is one you're doing without regard for time.

Kenneth H. Blanchard

#58. Once you awaken, you will have no interest in judging those who sleep.

James Blanchard Cisneros

#59. Everybody's word is worth Nobody's taking.

Samuel Laman Blanchard

#60. The best definition of profit I've ever heard is that it is the applause you get for satisfying your customers and creating a motivating environment for your people.

Kenneth H. Blanchard

#61. A few birds sang in the distance; everything was still. We were truly alone. This was it, no turning back now. Even if we did, it was a long walk home.

Dennis R. Blanchard

#62. I was born in Jersey City and raised in Bayonne, New Jersey. It's a town that's next to Jersey City, and I'm still there!

Tammy Blanchard

#63. Start your day with good intentions and set yourself up for a good attitude. It's not what happens to you that matters but how you respond.

Ken Blanchard

#64. What you resist, persists. Until you deal with your feelings, you will be stuck with them.

Kenneth H. Blanchard

#65. Asking for other's guidance helps you see what you may not be able to see. It's always important to check your ego and ask for help.

Ken Blanchard

#66. Have I done what is really important today?

Ken Blanchard

#67. Scripture is the holy Word from the holy God, delivered by holy men, to teach holy truths and to make people holy.

Kenneth H. Blanchard

#68. The ancient gentleman who has seen the world, who is profoundly experienced, and much too deep to be the dupe of an age so shallow as this, is to be won by an admiring glance at the brilliancy of his knee-buckle; praise his very pigtail, and you may lead him by it.

Samuel Laman Blanchard

#69. I think people are just haters. When they see people doing well, some people, if there's something wrong, they'll pick at that.

Alana Blanchard

#70. Unexpressed thoughts don't mean squat!

Kenneth H. Blanchard

#71. A truly great and enduring vision will extend beyond the leadership season of any one individual and be carried in the hearts and minds of those to whom it has been entrusted.

Kenneth H. Blanchard

#72. A river without banks is a large puddle.

Ken Blanchard

#73. Leading people is the opposite of trying to control them; it's about gaining their trust through your integrity, developing their potential through your partnership, and motivating them through your affirmation.

Kenneth H. Blanchard

#74. Servant-leader ship is all about making the goals clear and then rolling your sleeves up and doing whatever it takes to help people win. In that situation, they don't work for you, you work for them.

Ken Blanchard

#75. [Marriage is] like signing a 356-page contract without knowing what's in it.

Ken Blanchard

#76. The thing that I really love about film is that it is with you forever - it goes to your children, and they get to see it again and again and have it forever.

Tammy Blanchard

#77. Several hours later, I woke up on the cold stone floor of the cave, and suddenly realized how hungry I was. Apparently, failing to eat for three thousand years could have this effect. Luckily,

Robert Blanchard

#78. When the error is universal, it is supposed to end. The adoption of the foundling establishes its consanguinity.

Samuel Laman Blanchard

#79. It seems to me that, with but slight reserve and modification, we may apply to our departed friend his own pathetic and beautiful elegy upon another.

Samuel Laman Blanchard

#80. I think people are excited because, even watching 'Boy Meets World,' you can tell that those characters are going to do something when they get older. I think people are excited to see characters they grew up with continue.

Rowan Blanchard

#81. If you don't seek perfection, you can never reach excellence.

Ken Blanchard

#82. Catch people in the act of doing something right.

Ken Blanchard

#83. Your game is only as good as your practice.

Ken Blanchard

#84. An effective leader must step back, look at the big picture, and make sure the important things are not being pushed out of the way by the seemingly urgent needs of the moment.

Kenneth H. Blanchard

#85. People have trouble admitting there are problems, but everyone has an area he or she would like

Kenneth H. Blanchard

#86. When you touch - don't take. Touch people only when you are giving something - reassurance, support, encouragement, whatever

Ken Blanchard

#87. Trying is just a noisy way of not doing something.

Ken Blanchard

#88. Honesty is telling the truth to ourselves and others. Integrity is living that truth.

Ken Blanchard

#89. Present thinking people kill the future.

Ken Blanchard

#90. I grew up doing stage work as a child and as a teenager, so the stage is my home where I feel most comfortable.

Tammy Blanchard

#91. I always look up to girls like Beyonce or Anna Kournikova. Girls who do something well but also look good. I think every girl loves to feel sexy and, sure, there's some creeps out there, but I'm putting myself out there. I guess I'm just working with what I have.

Alana Blanchard

#92. The more attention you pay to a behavior, the more it will be repeated. Accentuating the positive and redirecting the negative are the best tools for increasing productivity.

Kenneth H. Blanchard

#93. Leadership is not something you do to people. It's something you do with people.

Ken Blanchard

#94. I always like to play roles where I either love the character or think that it's a story that I can tell better than anyone else. There are always reasons for me to do whatever I do.

Tammy Blanchard

#95. In the past a leader was a boss. Today's leaders must be partners with their people ... they no longer can lead solely based on positional power.

Ken Blanchard