John C. Maxwell Quotes

Leadership - leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses.

I don't believe in luck. Everything is our doing or undoing. If something doesn't come out right, then as a director, you have to take full responsibility. You can't just say, 'No, I gave this job to the music supervisor. They promised me they would do it, and they didn't do it.' You can't blame anyone else.

When the public or the Council pass the buck up to me I am going to act.

It is important to have leadership groups, but at the end of the day I need to be taking the call because I'm responsible for the team and I should know exactly what I'm doing and I believe in that.

Do not make excuses, whether it's your fault or not.

In the end leaders are leaders. They get the credit and they get the blame.

What is really disappointing about this president is not just lack of leadership, but his tendency to always place the blame for his lack of leadership somewhere else

Whatever happens, take responsibility.

You can't always wait for the guys at the top. Every manager at every level in the organization has an opportunity, big or small, to do something. Every manager's got some sphere of autonomy. Don't pass the buck up the line.

Don't try to shift your responsibilities on to somebody else.

That's the true meaning of being a leader: being able to deal with the consequences and take the responsibility for it. That's who I want to be.

I want all the mistakes to be mine, and I want to take responsibility for everything even if I fail. Whatever the project is, I need to have the final say.

Losses are inevitable, but excuses are optional.

Victims make excuses. Leaders deliver results.

If you don't want responsibility, don't sit in the big chair. To be successful, you must accept full responsibility

I was always responsible for everything in my campaign.

Pity that consequences are determined not by excuses but by actions!

Champions take responsibility.

The words It's not my fault! should never again come from your mouth. The words It's not my fault! have been symbolically written on the gravestones of unsuccessful people ever since Eve took her first bite of the apple.

Success requires no explanations. Failure permits no alibis.

I cannot shift the blame for Chechnya, for the sorrow of numerous mothers and fathers. I made the decision, therefore I am responsible.

Where mistakes have been made, the responsibility rests with me.

Refuse to make excuses or blame others. The leader always says, If it's to be, it's up to me.

The most important words that have helped me in life, when things have gone right or when things have gone wrong are 'accept responsibility.'

If I have made a mistake in the design, then I'm the one who should pay for it. I certainly would not ask somebody else to fly a plane if I were afraid to do it myself.