Quotes about Leadership
Influence begins with who you are.
— John Maxwell
Bad attitudes must be addressed. You can be sure that they will always cause dissension, resentment, combativeness, and division on a team.
— John Maxwell
You will be able to reach your potential and help your organization reach its loftiest goals only if you begin developing leaders instead of merely attracting followers. Leaders who develop leaders experience an incredible multiplication effect in their organizations that can be achieved in no other way.
— John Maxwell
Make developing leaders a priority. It will require you to shift from doing to developing. It will require you to believe in people. And it will require you to share the load. Leadership is the art of helping people change from who they're thought to be to who they ought to be.
— John Maxwell
If others work for you, give your own time only to those who are willing to learn and grow.
— John Maxwell
The true leader serves. Serves people. Serves their best interests, and in so doing will not always be popular, may not always impress. But because true leaders are motivated by loving concern, rather than a desire for personal glory, they are willing to pay the price.
— John Maxwell
Your ultimate goal as a leader should be to work hard enough and strategically enough that you have more than enough to give and share with others.
— John Maxwell
Put first things first today and neglect things that don't really matter.
— John Maxwell
No matter what our circumstances, our greatest limitation isn't the leader above us—it's the spirit within us.
— John Maxwell
Trust must be built day by day. It calls for consistency. Some of the ways a leader can betray trust include: breaking promises, gossiping, withholding information, and being two-faced. These actions destroy the environment of trust necessary for the growth of potential leaders. And when a leader breaks trust, he must work twice as hard to regain it.
— John Maxwell
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality." That can happen only when the leader is willing to hear and face the truth.
— John Maxwell
Successful people make right decisions early and manage those decisions daily.
— John Maxwell