Quotes by John Maxwell

“A great leaders courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.”

“Most people who want to get ahead do it backward. They think, Ill get a bigger job, then Ill learn how to be a leader. But showing leadership skill is how you get the bigger job in the first place. Leadership isnt a position, its a process.”

“Life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.”

“Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.”

“The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. Thats the day we truly grow up.”

“Leadership is more ? if not much more ? influence, rather than position.”

“Where there is no hope in the future, there is no power in the present.”

“The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.”

“The Depth of your Mythology is the Extent of your Effectiveness.”

“The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, thats the day you start to the top.”

When people respect someone as a person, they admire her. When they respect her as a friend, they love her. When they respect her as a leader, they follow her.

Leadership is influence

A leader is the one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way.

All true leaders have learned to say no to the good in order to say yes to the best.

“Stay focus on what God has assigned me to do. Keep my mind on what I am doing/”