John C. Maxwell Quotes

“Even if you've had a negative effect on others in the past, you can turn that around and make your impact a positive one.”

“One of the roles of the Presidency is to lead a political party. Having a President in office is usually a huge advantage to a party because it gives the party a mouthpiece and an advocate at the highest level.”

“Connecting is vital for any person who wants to achieve success. It is essential for anyone who wants to build great relationships. You will only be able to reach your potential-regar dless of your profession or chosen path-when you learn to connect with other people.”

“A manager says 'go,' but a leader says 'let's go'.”

“we need to make a few critical decisions in major areas of life and then manage those decisions day to day.”

“Any leader who asks the right questions of the right people has the potential to discover and develop great ideas.”

“The rallying call to people is to give them hope. When you have hope, that's huge.”

“If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it - young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous - is changed by it.”

“A lack of realism in the vision today costs credibility tomorrow.”

“Adversity is a crossroads that makes a person choose one of two paths: character or compromise. Every time he chooses character, he becomes stronger, even if that choice brings negative consequences.”

“Leadership is the power of one harnessing the power of many.”

“We cannot become what we need by remaining what we are.”

“Stay focused instead of getting offended or off track by others.”

“Do not take the agenda that someone else has mapped out for your life.”

“A team doesn't win the championship if its players are working from different agendas.”

“People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.”

“If your habits don't line up with your dream, then you need to either change your habits or change your dream”

“Negative expectations are a quick route to dead-end thinking.”

“The best gift you can ever give your mentor is to grow. They feed off your growth. I believe that everyone has the seed of success inside, but too many people can't find it in themselves and as a result do not reach their potential. But there are those whose purpose in life is to fertilize the seed of potential in another, who are rewarded by seeing that person grow and blossom before their eyes. Raising up others to a higher level is a mentor's joy and sustenance.”

“Without a vision people in leadership positions perish. You not only lose your people, you lose the person who is in a leadership position - you lose it all.”

“Leaders who fail to lift others in the long run, fail to lift themselves.”

“Good thinkers are always in demand. A person who knows how may always have a job, but the person who knows why will always be his boss.”

“It's said that a wise person learns from his mistakes. A wiser one learns from others' mistakes. But the wisest person of all learns from others's successes.”

“A leader can give up anything - except final responsibility.”

“Successful leaders have the courage to take action while others hesitate.”