John C. Maxwell Quotes

There are leaders, and there are those who lead.

We need a leader, not a reader.

Anyone can steer a ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course

You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership.

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

There is a big difference between being a leader and actually leading.

I think being able to have follow-through, I think a lot of people who are in charge, that is the one quality that you can't forsake. You can get opinions, but you can't have too many cooks in the kitchen when you're envisioning something.

Anyone who influences others is a leader.

If a leader cannot give you a clear picture of what he or she sees in the future, that person is not the leader of that organization.

People do look to others for some leadership, and it's not bad for them to supply it when they feel that way.

I think that leadership more than anything is about setting a course and describing a vision for people.

Cause I was such a novice and thank God that Sarah was as seasoned as she was because she was really a great leader in that regard in the sense that she would communicate really well with the crew.

Leadership is all about emotional intelligence. Management is taught, while leadership is experienced.

Leadership implies movement toward something and convictions provide that direction.

Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there; they cause change. They motivate and inspire others to go in the right direction and they, along with everyone else, sacrifice to get there.

Leadership is the catalytic gift that energizes, directs, and empowers all the other gifts.

Without a vision the people perish.

I think leaders lead themselves, but leaders have ideas and maybe they're visionary ideas. Probably today, people would say Steve Jobs was a visionary because he invented this little gadget, the cell phone. But he didn't invent cell phones, and he didn't design the cell phone. He just took a couple of ideas and put them together, and no one else put those same ideas together as successfully as he did. But he had something that he was trying to do that intrigued him, and he could do it very well.

We will have to learn to lead people rather then to contain them.

Though leadership may be hard to define, the one characteristic common to all leaders is the ability to make things happen.

We live in a world that is crying out for better leadership.

Those who lead inspire us Whether they are individuals or organizations, we follow those who lead not because we have to but because we want to.

Leadership ability determines a person's level of effectiveness.

All men are created to lead, but we need somebody to lead us.