Quotes about leadership
leadership motivation persistence
Not realizing what you want is a problem of knowledge. Not pursuing what you want is a problem of motivation. Not achieving what you want is a problem of persistence. John C. Maxwell
leadership growth spirit
Life doesn't do anything to you. It only reveals your spirit. John C. Maxwell
leadership children boss
If you are a parent, you have probably already realized that your children are always watching what you do. And just as children watch their parents and emulate their behavior, so do employees who are watching their bosses. John C. Maxwell
leadership people mentor
The best way a mentor can prepare another leader is to expose him or her to other great people. John C. Maxwell
leadership people good-leader
All good leaders are connectors. They relate well and make people feel confident about themselves and their leader. John C. Maxwell
leadership irreplaceable valuable
Time is more valuable than money, because time is irreplaceable. John C. Maxwell
leadership vision today
A lack of realism in the vision today costs credibility tomorrow. John C. Maxwell
leadership decision inability
Inability to make decisions is one of the principal reasons executives fail. Deficiency in decision-making ranks much higher than lack of specific knowledge or technical know-how as an indicator of leadership failure. John C. Maxwell
leadership trying firsts
As a leader, the first person I need to lead is me. The first person that I should try to change is me. John C. Maxwell
leadership secret agendas
The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda. John C. Maxwell
leadership feel-good growth
You must do right before you feel good. John C. Maxwell
leadership communication simple
Educators take something simple and make it complicated. Communicators take something complicated and make it simple. John C. Maxwell
leadership teamwork dream
Teamwork makes the dream work, but a vision becomes a nightmare when the leader has a big dream and a bad team. John C. Maxwell
leadership influence
The true measure of leadership is influence - nothing more, nothing less. John C. Maxwell
leadership followers raise-up
If you can raise up leaders, you will always have followers, but if you can't raise up leaders, you will only have followers. John C. Maxwell
leadership successful people
Successful people do what is right no matter how they feel, and by doing right, they feel good. John C. Maxwell
leadership attitude emotional
Take the emotional temperature of those listening to you. Facial expressions, voice inflection and posture give clues to a person's mood and attitude. John C. Maxwell
leadership communication enthusiasm
Persuasive communication involves enthusiasm, animation, audience participation, authenticity and spontaneity. John C. Maxwell
leadership communication simple
Great communication depends on two simple skills-context, which attunes a leader to the same frequency as his or her audience, and delivery, which allows a leader to phrase messages in a language the audience can understand. John C. Maxwell
leadership lonely lonely-at-the-top
It's lonely at the top, so you better know why you are there. John C. Maxwell
leadership levels determine
Those closest to me will determine the level of my success. John C. Maxwell
leadership team heart
Teams make you better than you are, multiply your value, enable you to do what you do best, allow you to help others do their best, give you more time, provide you with companionship, help you fulfill the desires of your heart and compound your vision and effort. John C. Maxwell
leadership excellence crowds
Diligent follow-up and follow-through will set you apart from the crowd and communicate excellence. John C. Maxwell
leadership character people
Character creates consistency, and if your people know what they can expect from you, they will continue to look to you for leadership. John C. Maxwell
leadership people way
Connecting is the ability to identify with people and relate to them in a way that increases your influence with them. John C. Maxwell
leadership leader promise
A highly credible leader under-promises and over-delivers. John C. Maxwell
leadership real persons
Real leadership is being the person others will gladly and confidently follow. John C. Maxwell
leadership greatness numbers
One is too small a number to achieve greatness. John C. Maxwell
leadership walks following
He that thinketh he leadeth and hath no one following him is only taking a walk. John C. Maxwell
leadership encouragement successful
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. John C. Maxwell
leadership giving-up mean
Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. It may mean giving up familiar but limiting patterns, safe but unrewarding work, values no longer believed in, and relationships that have lost their meaning. John C. Maxwell
leadership people leader
A leader who develops people adds; a leader who develops leaders multiplies. John C. Maxwell
leadership character foundation
Character makes trust possible, and trust is the foundation of leadership. John C. Maxwell