“The respect that leadership must have requires that one’s ethics be without question. A leader not only stays above the line between right and wrong, he stays well clear of the ‘gray areas.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“He who thinketh he leadeth and hath no one following him is only taking a walk.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“Vision isn’t enough—it must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps; we must step up the stairs.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“When you like people and treat them like individuals who have value, you begin to develop influence with them. You develop trust.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“Your life today is a result of your thinking yesterday. Your life tomorrow will be determined by what you think today.”
―
John C. 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 C. Maxwell
“One of the major keys to success is to keep moving forward on the journey, making the best of the detours and interruptions, turning adversity into advantage.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“The longer you wait to do something you should do now, the greater the odds that you will never actually do it.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“If we despise the position we have, it may be because of what I call “destination disease,” which can also be called the greener grass syndrome. If we focus on being some other place because we think it’s better, then we will neither enjoy where we are nor do what we must to succeed.
―
John C. Maxwell
“Influencing others is a matter of disposition, not position.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“If you’re going to grow, you have to be intentional.” —Curt Kampmeier”
―
John C. Maxwell
“I may not be able to change the world I see around me, but I can change what I see within me.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“If you lead a team, start asking questions and really listening. Start valuing the contributions of your teammates ahead of your own. And remember that when the best idea wins, so does the entire team.”
―
John C. Maxwell
