Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Norman Vincent Peale

Masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

Eric Schmidt

There clearly are cases where evil people exist, but you don't have to violate the privacy of every single citizen of America to find them.

Eric Schmidt

For those who say you're thinking too big... be smart enough not to listen. For those who say the odds are too small ... be dumb enough to give it a shot. And for those who ask, how can you do that?... look them in the eyes and say, Ill figure it out.

Epictetus

Make it your business to draw out the best in others by being an exemplar yourself.

Ellen Sauerbrey

The best way to learn is by doing; never ask others to do what you're not willing to do yourself.

Ellen Tauscher

At a time when we are facing threats from nations such as North Korea and Iran, and attempting to convince others such as India and Pakistan to become responsible nuclear powers, it is vital that America reclaims the leadership we once had on arms control.

All of our seniors are going to play big roles for us. They have been big all year with their leadership and how they have stepped up.

Herman Wouk

A leader can't dash ahead around the bend out of sight.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.

Henri Rousseau

The principal problem I had during the five years I ran the Caisse - and I bet you that it will be the same problem for my successor - is the retention, recruitment and training of competent personnel.

Henri Poincare

The mathematical facts worthy of being studied are those which, by their analogy with other facts, are capable of leading us to the knowledge of a physical law. They reveal the kinship between other facts, long known, but wrongly believed to be strangers to one another.

Henrik Ibsen

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.

If a woman is sufficiently ambitious, determined and gifted, there is practically nothing she can't do.

Hilary Duff

Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.

Henry Ward Beecher

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

Henry Cloud

Oftentimes, churches are started by an entrepreneurial church plant visionary whom everybody follows, but he's not following anybody. Even though he's "accountable to a board," he's really not. Authority's a good thing, and if it's not forced upon you as a leader, then I suggest, strongly, that you go buy some.

Johann Lamont

While I'm leader, nothing will be off limits - there will not be one policy, one rule, one way of working which cannot be changed.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part.