Quotes about Responsibility
isn't fair. It isn't going to be fair. Stop sniveling and whining and go out and make it happen for you. Wishing that a risk wasn't yours to take won't make it any easier. In fact, it might make it harder. Your attitude about it is your choice.
— John Maxwell
If you want to do a few small things right, do them yourself. If you want to do great things and make a big impact, learn to delegate.
— John Maxwell
Never complain about what you allow.
— John Maxwell
Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility . . . In the final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have is the ability to take on responsibility.
— John Maxwell
believe leadership is servanthood. It's my responsibility to make sure my people have what they need to succeed and get their work done.
— John Maxwell
What you make of life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need - what you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours. Stay mindful of your choices!
— John Maxwell
We cannot choose how many years we will live, but we can choose how much life those years will have. We cannot control the beauty of our face, but we can control the expression on it. We cannot control life's difficult moments, but we can choose to make life less difficult. We cannot control the negative atmosphere of the world, but we can control the atmosphere of our minds.
— John Maxwell
If you could kick the person responsible for most of your troubles, you wouldn't be able to sit down for weeks.
— John Maxwell
No one can understand that mysterious thing we call influence . . . yet . . . everyone of us continually exerts influence, either to heal, to bless, to leave marks of beauty; or to wound, to hurt, to poison, to stain other lives.
— John Maxwell
If you want your life to be a magnificent story, then realize that you are its author. Every day you have the chance to write a new page in that story. I want to encourage you to fill those pages with responsibility to others and yourself. If you do, in the end you will not be disappointed.
— John Maxwell
True leadership cannot be awarded, appointed, or assigned. It comes only from influence, and that cannot be mandated. It must be earned. The only thing a title can buy is a little time—either to increase your level of influence with others or to undermine it.
— John Maxwell
Followers tell you what you want to hear. Leaders tell you what you need to hear.
— John Maxwell