John C. Maxwell Quotes

If you want leaders, you must become a leader yourself!

It is said that great leaders are born, not made. The saying is true to this degree, that no man can persuade people to do what he wants them to do, unless he genuinely likes people, and believes that what he wants them to do is to their own advantage.

Leadership is different from management, but not for the reasons most people think.

I believe a big part of leadership is about winning the moment.

I'd far rather talk about players. They are the people who make things happen.

A leader must not let critics set the agenda.

The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions. Not me. I don't want to be a manager or a dictator. I want to be a leader-and leadership is ongoing, adjustable, flexible, and dynamic. As such, leaders have to maintain a certain amount of discretion

The true measure of leadership is influence - nothing more, nothing less.

Being a world leader is less about destiny than focused determination, and it is there that we have faltered.

I was born to be a leader. I love the fact that millions of people look up to me.

Having the capacity to lead is not enough. The leader must be willing to use it.

I still feel that the kind of leader I want to be is one that spends time understanding our work in a way that allows me to translate it for policymakers and people who have real access to resources.

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

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

The world is begging for you to lead.

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.

I do have the strength. Leadership, leadership is not about attacking people and disparaging people. Leadership is about creating a serious strategy to deal with the threat of our time.

The most powerful leadership tool you have is your personal example.

You can only lead if the people that you're leading want to be led.

People had so much respect for George Mitchell. They wanted to cooperate with him. I think that's a hallmark of a very good leader.

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

Nothing that matters in this world happens unless leaders lead it.

The ability to connect and influence people, that's the job of a leader. And we're all leaders at some level.

The one quality that can be developed by studious reflection and practice is the leadership of men.

A leader may be the most knowledgeable person in the world, but if the players on his team cannot translate that knowledge into action, it means nothing.