Famous Quotes & Sayings

John C. Maxwell

Every person has a longing to be significant; to make a contribution; to be a part of something noble and purposeful.

John C. Maxwell

You are the only person who can label what you do a failure. Failure is subjective.

John C. Maxwell

Find something you like to do so much that you would gladly do it for nothing; then learn to do it so well that people are happy to pay you for it.

John C. Maxwell

Leaders will not experience long-term success unless a lot of people want them to.

John C. Maxwell

Leadership is influence.

John C. Maxwell

Time management is an oxymoron. Time is beyond our control, and the clock keeps ticking regardless of how we lead our lives. Priority management is the answer to maximizing the time we have.

John C. Maxwell

Life can be boring unless you put some effort into it.

John C. Maxwell

The dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential.

John C. Maxwell

Leadership is not a right-it is a responsibility.

John C. Maxwell

Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others.

John C. Maxwell

Credibility is a leader's currency. With it, he or she is solvent; without it, he or she is bankrupt.

John C. Maxwell

The single biggest way to impact an organization is to focus on leadership development. There is almost no limit to the potential of an organization that recruits good people, raises them up as leaders and continually develops them.

John C. Maxwell

It is hard to feel bad about yourself when you are doing something good for someone else. There are a lot of ways to lift your self-esteem, but making a positive difference in another's life has got to be my best leadership guidance. Serving others and working to add value to them will lift your spirits in a way that nothing else will. Trust me on this one.

John C. Maxwell

Don't buy into the notion that mistakes can somehow be avoided. They can't be.

John C. Maxwell

If you want to be positive, upbeat, and passionate, you need to take responsibility for being that way.

John Adams

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

Jack Welch

If there is anything I would like to be remembered for it is that I helped people understand that leadership is helping other people grow and succeed. To repeat myself, leadership is not just about you. It's about them

Jack Welch

I am often asked if leaders are born or made. The answer, of course, is both. Some characteristics, like IQ and energy, seem to come with the package. On the other hand, you learn some leadership skills, like self-confidence, at your mother's knee, and at school, in academics and sports. And you learn others at work-trying something, getting it wrong and learning from it, or getting it right and gaining the self-confidence to do it again, only better.

Jack Welch

The best way to support dreams and stretch is to set apart small ideas with big potential, then give people positive role models and the resources to turn small projects into big businesses.

Jack Welch

Leading a big company means never allowing a company to take itself too seriously.

Jack Welch

No company, small or large, can win over the long run without energized employees who believe in the mission and understand how to achieve it.

Jack Welch

I was never the smartest guy in the room. From the first person I hired, I was never the smartest guy in the room. And that's a big deal. And if you're going to be a leader - if you're a leader and you're the smartest guy in the world - in the room, you've got real problems.

Jack Welch

Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.

Jack Welch

A leader's job is to look into the future and see the organization, not as it is, but as it should be

The first thing you need is experience. You need to have senior leadership to really go far, to get you through the tough times.

Elizabeth Smart

There was a point that I stopped crying. It's not just because I didn't feel pain anymore, not because I didn't feel sorrow. It was just to keep going. I mean, it just was to survive, to live.

Eric Holder

In the months ahead, I will leave the Department of Justice, but I will never -- I will never -- leave the work. I will continue to serve and try to find ways to make our nation even more true to its founding ideals.

Eric Hoffer

Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership.

Eric Hoffer

The leader personifies the certitude of the creed and the defiance and grandeur of power. He articulates and justifies the resentment damned up in the souls of the frustrated. He kindles the vision of a breath-taking future so as to justify the sacrifice of a transitory present. He stages a world of make-believe so indispensable for the realization of self-sacrifice and united action.

Eric Hoffer

The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.

James Cash Penney

Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction. Cooperation proves the quality of leadership.

Frederick Reines

Among my activities was membership in the Boy Scouts; I rose each year through the ranks, eventually achieving the rank of Eagle Scout and undertaking leadership roles in the organization.

Frederick W. Smith

Leaders get out in front and stay there by raising the standards by which they judge themselves - and by which they are willing to be judged.