John C. Maxwell Quotes

“If you can become the leader you ought to be on the inside, you will be able to become the person you want on the outside. People will want to follow you. And when that happens, you'll be able to tackle anything in this world.”

“Successful people don't have any fewer problems than unsuccessful people; they just have a different mindset in dealing with them.”

“We teach what we know, but we reproduce what we are.”

“Mistakes are the stepping stones to success.”

“Integrity is the most needed to succeed in business.”

“Everyone gets discourages...The question is: Are you going to give up or get up? It's a choice.”

“As you interact with others, remember this: anytime a person's response is larger than the issue at hand, the response is almost always about something else.”

“My leadership began to take flight when I allowed myself to press people to change-whether they thanked me or cursed me.”

“Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent.”

“Behind every great idea is someone saying "It won't work"”

“Wanting to win isn't enough. You have to go through a process to improve. That takes patience, perseverance, and intentionality.”

“If your desire is a 10 but your self-esteem is a 5, you'll never perform at the level of a 10. You'll perform as a 5 or lower. People are ever able to outperform their self-image.”

“We have to pilot our own dreams - we cannot entrust them to anyone else.”

“Many people help construct our attitudes at a certain time and place.”

“I've never known a person focused on yesterday to have a better tomorrow.”

“The best way to ensure success is to start growing today. No matter where you may be starting from, don't be discouraged; everyone who got where he is started where he was.”

“In my organizations I don't have employees; I have teammates. Yes, I do pay people and offer them benefits. But people don't work for me. They work with me. We are working together to fulfill the vision. Without them, I cannot succeed. Without me, they cannot succeed. We're a team. We reach our goals together. We need each other. If we didn't, then one of us is in the wrong place.”

“Become a coach, not a king. A coach brings out the best in others, helping them to reach deep down inside and discover their potential. A king only gives commands.”

“The bottom line in managing your emotions is that you should put others – not yourself – first in how you handle and process them. Whether you delay or display your emotions should not be for your own gratification. You should ask yourself, What does the team need? Not, What will make me feel better?”

“No matter what our circumstances, our greatest limitation isn't the leader above us - it's the spirit within us.”

“The best way to serve the individuals on the team is to see that the whole team wins.”

“Success comes to those who have an entire mountain of gold that they continually mine, not those who find one nugget and try to live on it for fifty years.”

“Your life today is a result of your thinking yesterday. Your life tomorrow will be determined by what you think today.”

“Leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less...titles don't have much value when it comes to leading. True leadership cannot be awarded, appointed, or assigned, it comes only from influence, and that cannot be mandated. It must be earned.”

“The measure of a leader is not the number of people who serve him, but the number of people he serves.”