John C. Maxwell Quotes

A leader without a title is better than a title without the ability to lead.

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

Leadership ability determines a person's level of effectiveness.

Anyone who influences others is a leader.

Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small.

The higher you want to climb, the more you need leadership. The greater the impact you want to make, the greater your influence needs to be. Whatever you will accomplish is restricted by your ability to lead others.

Leadership is not about being a nice person or not a nice person.

Great leaders, the research shows, are made as they gradually acquire, in the course of their lives and careers, the competencies that make them so effective. The competencies can be learned by any leader, at any point.

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

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

There is no necessary connection between the desire to lead and the ability to lead, and even less the ability to lead somewhere that will be to the advantage of the led.

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

The strength of any organization is a direct result of the strength of its leaders.

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

We have the best leaders and the most depth of leadership we've ever had. If I get hit by a truck, maybe it would get me out of the way and it would go better.

Leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less...titles don't have much value when it comes to leading. True leadership cannot be awarded, appointed, or assigned, it comes only from influence, and that cannot be mandated. It must be earned.

Being charismatic doesn't make you a leader. Being a leader makes you charismatic.

There are many ways to study Walt Disney, but I think learning about Walt as a leader probably has had the biggest impact on me.

Personal and organizational effectiveness is proportionate to the strength of leadership.

The moment a leader steps away from his core competencies, his effectiveness as a leader diminishes.

The only valid test of leadership is the ability to lead, and lead vigorously.

Not everyone will become a great leader, but everyone can become a better leader.

The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.

Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader.