John C. Maxwell Quotes

Yeah as the director I consider myself to be the coach, and my actors are my players. So I have to show them how committed I am, but I also want to lead by example. I think whenever you make a film, you start out alone, and then slowly start - you have to be a magnet. You have to attract people to you, to the project.

Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.

Where there is no counsel, the people fall; but in the multitude of counselors there is safety

Where no counsel is, the people fall; but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

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

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

I aspire to be that, to be a voice of reason one day.

Leadership is possible in all different ways, and in all different areas of life. Whether it is with friends or family, I expect them to set a great example for me, and hopefully I will do the same for them. And that is all part of being a leader.

When you work with a legend as I do, it's wonderful. There's so many things I've learned working with Keith. He's so patient, not only with me, but with everyone in our crew and with the audience and with the game. He has a style that is so easy and will never be copied.

Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.

A leader is a person you will follow to a place you wouldn't go by yourself.

I've always found it not only easy, but enjoyable. It's necessary for us to reach out and I'm speaking for myself here. I certainly have a sense of responsibility to reach out to these people in the theatre who might look to someone like me for some guidance.

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case.

There's nothing more special than talking in your community, and using your celebrity to uplift people and help them.

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

I can't be everywhere, but I'm always in one of my kitchens, and hopefully I'm motivating and inspiring.

Like leaders in many walks of life, my business has been to serve with, and for, others.

Everything rises and falls on leadership.

Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it.

I've been blessed to find people who are smarter than I am, and they help me to execute the vision I have.

We lead by influence. That is what good leadership is about.

There is only one way to respond to the issue of leadership and that is to lead.

Leadership doesn't amount to much unless you have followers.

Leadership and partnership go together.