John C. Maxwell Quotes

The worst mistake a leader can make is to mentor no one, choose no successor and leave no legacy.

One test of leaders is how they make sure that their ideas and programs will live on after they’re gone.

True leadership is measured by what happens after you die.

Leaders should leave behind them assets and a legacy.

Legacy is greater than currency.

You ask yourself, 'What do you want your legacy to be?' I'm content at this point to say, 'Those who follow me.' Romeo Crennel, Bill Belichick, Sean Payton, to name a few. I think I've got a pretty good group, so far.

A writer's ambition should be to trade a hundred contemporary readers for ten readers in ten years' time and for one reader in a hundred years' time.

I don't pay that much attention to sales figures or awards. To me, the big question is: 'Did you influence the next generation?' That's my goal.

Every leader wants to put his or her imprint on the work that they do, and grow up in specific eras.

If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then maybe he was a great man.

Few strong leaders are enthusiastic about their successors.

He who influences the thought of his times, influences all the times that follow. He has made his impress on eternity.

It is not the places which grace men, but men the places.

I want people talking about me when I'm gone.

Create your legacy, and pass the baton.

I hope to leave behind a few poems it will be hard to get rid of.

Success is not success without a successor.

SUCCESS is not about HERE and NOW. you must pass the TEST OF TIME. the litmus test is FIFTY YEARS from now. SUCCESS is SUCCESSION.

The highest manifestation of true leadership is to identify one’s replacement and to begin mentoring him or her.

Pat has been instrumental in what we've done here so far and the most selfish thing for me is that I want to see what we've done placed in the hands of the most competent person, and that's Pat. No one would come close to being able to continue to build on what we've done here so far like he will.

I view myself as a bridge, not as anything else. There’s an entire generation of leaders you saw stand behind me. They are the future of this country.

In many ways ideas are more important than people - they are much more permanent.

Whether you like it or not, you will leave a leadership legacy.

I'm truly saddened to learn of Steve Jobs' death. The world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact Steve has had, the effects of which will be felt for many generations to come. For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it's been an insanely great honor. I will miss Steve immensely.

People should really think about when they see President Donald Trump, they should think about all the places that he was and could be. All the things he could be doing. The political motivators for many typical politicians of which he's not one, Mercy, money, power, prestige, fame, he had all of that.