Confront your inadequacies and push your personal boundaries: It's the surest way to grow, improve and expand the scope of your influence. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
As a leader, you have to take responsibility for your own failures as well as successes. That's the only way you'll learn.… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Any leader who asks the right questions of the right people has the potential to discover and develop great ideas. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Achievement comes to someone when he is able to do great things for himself. Success comes when he empowers followers to do… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Leaders have two characteristics: first they are going somewhere, and second they are able to persuade other people to go with them. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Without leadership ability,a person's impact is only a fraction of what it could be with good leadership. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Inability to make decisions is one of the principal reasons executives fail. Deficiency in decision-making ranks much higher than lack of specific… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Whenever a high-profile leader dies, people immediately attempt to summarize that person's life in a sentence. Often, critics and commentators get caught… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“The bottom line in leadership isn't how far we advance ourselves but how far we advance others.” — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Nothing speaks like results. If you want to build the kind of credibility that connects with people, then deliver results before you… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Everyone has the potential to become an encourager. You don't have to be rich. You don't have to be a genius. You… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I am convinced more than ever that good communication and leadership are all about connecting. If you can connect with others at… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“True leadership cannot be awarded, appointed, or assigned. It comes only from influence, and that cannot be mandated. It must be earned.… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
If you want to lead you must learn. If you want to continue to lead you must continue to learn. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
A good leader encourages followers to tell him what he needs to know, not what he wants to hear. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Anyone can steer a ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
If you are leading others and you're lonely, then you're not doing it right. Think about it. If you're all alone, that… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
People may teach what they know, but they reproduce what they are. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Leading well is not about enriching yourself - it's about empowering others — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
A sense of responsibility is the clearest indication of mature leadership. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“Why do so many people do nothing? I think it’s because most of us look at the evils and injustice around us, and we… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Goals not only help you develop initial motivation by making your dreams obtainable, but they also help you continue to be motivated and that… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Vision is a picture of a desired future; a picture of something that I don't possess right now, but it is something I want… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
If you want to make your mother happy, talk to her. If you want to make your father happy, listen. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Passion gives you an advantage over others, because one person with passion is greater than ninety-nine who have only an interest! — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I thought if I was open and honest, it would help the reader to get open and honest, and they also would realize sometimes… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
A person who has a dream knows what he is willing to give up in order to go up. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
The bottom line on attitude is that a good one helps to increase your possibilities. Pessimists usually get what they expect. So do optimists. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image