Vision Quotes by John C. Maxwell

Great visions are cast one on one.

— John C. Maxwell

Discontent with the status quo is a great catalyst for vision.

— John C. Maxwell

People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.

— John C. Maxwell

Your teammates will stretch your vision or choke your dream.

— John C. Maxwell

If your vision doesn't cost you something, it's a daydream.

— John C. Maxwell

A lack of realism in the vision today costs credibility tomorrow.

— John C. Maxwell

Vision without passion is a picture without possibilities.

— John C. Maxwell

People are not going to give you a vision, but God can.

— John C. Maxwell

When the pastor and his or her church have a vision, they will put their energy, time, money, and personnel into achieving…

— John C. Maxwell

Without a vision our community will perish without Christ, but without a vision the church will perish as well.

— John C. Maxwell

When somebody tells you he or she is leading something, a fair question is, "What is your vision?"

— John C. Maxwell

Without a vision people and the church become self-centered. People start finding fault with one another and the church self-destructs.

— John C. Maxwell

Many pastors fail to see God's vision fulfilled because they never have a strategy for fulfilling that vision.

— John C. Maxwell

You must find a way to get your vision seen, implemented, and contributed to by others.

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Hope is not strategy. Hope fits with vision, but we must have a strategy and a process to make our vision become…

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The leader continually passes on the vision to those who come around, knowing that dreams, if presented right, are contagious.

— John C. Maxwell

Teams make you better than you are, multiply your value, enable you to do what you do best, allow you to help…

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Find your vision, and let it guide you in all that you do. If you lack vision, look inside yourself. Draw on…

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Management is the process of assuring that the program and objectives of the organization are implemented. Leadership on the other hand has…

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Failed plans should not be interpreted as a failed vision. Visions don't change, they are only refined. Plans rarely stay the same,…

— John C. Maxwell

Good leaders must communicate vision clearly, creatively, and continually. However, the vision doesn't come alive until the leader models it.

— John C. Maxwell

Remember, at the time God gives us a vision, we never have the resources available to accomplish it. We don't have the…

— John C. Maxwell

Without a vision people in leadership positions perish. You not only lose your people, you lose the person who is in a…

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Personnel determines the potential of the team. Vision determines the direction of the team. Work ethic determines the preparation of the team.…

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Leaders need to remember that the point of leading is not to cross the finish line first. It's to take people across…

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People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision. Many people who approach the area of vision in leadership have…

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If you have great people around you, they will take you higher than your dream will. Leaders are never self-made. Those closest…

— John C. Maxwell

Many times when people have a vision, they think in terms of a big vision - I want to take my city…

— John C. Maxwell

Anyone can steer the ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course. Don't ever underestimate the power of planning. You…

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All visions begin with relationships. My relationship with God is where I receive the vision; my relationship with my people is where…

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When I had something I thought God was talking to me about, the first thing I did, before I ever talked to…

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Followers are always watching what you do. And people do what people see! If you are a leader seeking to make your…

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As a pastor I reinforced my vision over lunches.

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Don’t tell them what you’re going to do - that’s vision. Do what you are going to do – that’s culture.

— John C. Maxwell

There are a lot of pastors who have a vision and have not yet seen it become a reality.

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Teamwork makes the dream work, but a vision becomes a nightmare when the leader has a big dream and a bad team.

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God gives us the vision, then He expects us to walk in obedience. As we do, the resources we need come to…

— John C. Maxwell

Teamwork gives you the best opportunity to turn vision into reality.

— John C. Maxwell

The success of a vision is determined by its ownership by both the leader and the people.

— John C. Maxwell

Not everybody who has a vision is a leader, but every leader has a vision.

— John C. Maxwell