Famous Quotes & Sayings

John C. Maxwell

You don't become an effective leader by default.

John C. Maxwell

We cannot lead anyone farther than we have been ourselves.

John C. Maxwell

You can't become a leader in one conference.

John C. Maxwell

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

John C. Maxwell

Knowing how to do a job is the accomplishment of labor - showing others is the accomplishment of the teacher - making sure the work is done by others is the accomplishment of the manager - inspiring others to do better work is the accomplishment of the leader.

John C. Maxwell

It takes a lot of people to create a success. That's why I say that few leaders are successful unless a lot of people want them to be.

John C. Maxwell

In my experience, followers always ask leaders 3 questions: 1) Do you care 4 me? 2) Can you help me? 3) Can I trust you?

John C. Maxwell

Good leaders understand that they are stewards. They must find the best people they can, giving them the opportunity to join in the journey developing them, and encouraging them to reach their potential. But they must hold on to people lightly. Those who start with you seldom finish with you.

Larry Wachtel

The leadership of the marketplace moved out of techs and into quality stocks today.

The leadership of organizations looks a lot like the mainstream mythologies about our movement.

The leadership is OK when things are going OK. When things aren't going so well, we get pretty quiet.

Ben Roethlisberger

the leadership I bring, the will to win.

The leader sacrifices his life for the well being of his people.

The local market took the lead from overseas markets, particularly Wall Street.

He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.

Mahatma Gandhi

An institution that suffers from a plethora of leaders is surely in a bad way.

James Stockdale

He's a novice, but he's had these - he's experienced in leadership in tight circumstances. He started - he dropped the first bomb, led the first air strike into North Vietnam.

Joe Paterno

We play with enthusiasm and recklessness. We aren't afraid to lose. If we win, great; but win or lose, it is the competition that gives us pleasure.

Joe Paterno

Don't just stand back and play the way you're coached. A great player must rise to the occasion and turn the game around on his own.

Joe Paterno

We need people who influence their peers and who cannot be detoured from their convictions by peers who do not have the courage to have any convictions.

John F. Kerry

Patriots don't go to Russia. They don't seek asylum in Cuba. They don't seek asylum in Venezuela. They fight their cause here. Edward Snowden is a coward. He is a traitor. And he has betrayed his country. And if he wants to come home tomorrow to face the music, he can do so.

John Ortberg

I'm more concerned about who you're becoming than what you're doing.

John Ortberg

Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.

John Mott

Such highly qualitative leadership is demanded especially in the realm of the fostering of right international relations. Here the demand is simply irresistible.

John Mott

There is an irresistible demand to strengthen the leadership of the constructive forces of the world at the present momentous time. This is true because of stupendous, almost unbelievable changes which have taken place in recent years on every continent.

John Monash

No man is a hero in his own country.

Joan of Arc

I used to say, "Go boldly in among the English," and then I used to go boldly in myself.

Joan of Arc

Courage! Do not fall back.

Jo Ann Emerson

As the U.S. trade deficit, and the portion of that deficit attributed to China, continue to grow, our own economy is at risk of losing its reputation as a leader in world trade.

George Allen

The man who can accept defeat and take his salary without feeling guilty is a thief.

George Ade

One man's poison ivy is another man's spinach.

George A. Sheehan

I have a bumper sticker that Bowen created that says Regardless of my kids grades, they have an 'A' in my book'. Without play the child that still lives in all of us will always be incomplete. And not only physically, but creatively, intellectually, and spiritually as well.

Gabrielle Reece

Sports provide girls with the opportunity to develop a better relationship with their bodies. They can be aggressive on the court, be strong and still be feminine.