John C. Maxwell Quotes

Good leaders must communicate vision clearly, creatively, and continually. However, the vision doesn’t come alive until the leader models it.

As you get older, time speeds up but life slows down.

Every person has a longing to be significant; to make a contribution; to be a part of something noble and purposeful.

When your dream is bigger than you are, you only have two choices: give up or get help.

The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure.

People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life.

Your attitude towards failure determines your altitude after failure.

We choose what attitudes we have right now. And it’s a continuing choice.

Educators take something simple and make it complicated. Communicators take something complicated and make it simple.

Self-centered leaders manipulate when they move people for personal benefit. Mature leaders motivate by moving people for mutual benefit.

A lack of realism in the vision today costs credibility tomorrow.

Time is more valuable than money, because time is irreplaceable.

If you are a parent, you have probably already realized that your children are always watching what you do. And just as children watch their parents and emulate their behavior, so do employees who are watching their bosses.

Ideas have a short shelf life. You must act on them before the expiration date.

Everyone has the potential to become an encourager. You don’t have to be rich. You don’t have to be a genius. You don’t have to have it all together. All you have to do is care about people and initiate.

When you are full of pride on the inside, it makes you stiff, stubborn, and creates strife with others.

All good leaders are connectors. They relate well and make people feel confident about themselves and their leader.

Success comes to those who have an entire mountain of gold that they continually mine, not those who find one nugget and try to live on it for fifty years.

The unsuccessful person is burdened by learning, and prefers to walk down familiar paths. Their distaste for learning stunts their growth and limits their influence.

All of the people in my life whom I consider to be close friends or colleagues are good thinkers.

A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.

To remain a credible leader, I must always work first, hardest, and longest on changing myself. This is neither easy nor natural, but it is essential.

Leaders who are kind of insecure or egocentric, they basically sabotage themselves.

A minute of thought is greater than an hour of talk.

If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it – young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous – is changed by it.

People who add value to others do so intentionally. I say that because to add value, leaders must give of themselves, and that rarely occurs by accident.

Dividers seek to make themselves look or feel better by making others feel worse. They damage relationships, fracture teams and organizations, and create havoc in people’s lives.