Quotes from John Maxwell

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

Leadership is influence

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.

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

Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.

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

If we are growing we are always going to be outside our comfort zone.

If you start today to do the right thing, you are already a success even if it doesn't show yet.

You have to live with the people to know their needs, and you have to live with God to know how to solve them.

To collaborative team members, completing one another is more important than competing with one another.

Image is what people think we are; integrity is whar we really are.

Look behind you: What have you learned? Look around you: What is happening to others? Look above you: What does God expect of you? Look besides you: What resources are available to you?

Growth inside fuels growth outside.

Life doesn't do anything to you. It only reveals your spirit.

You cannot overestimate the unimportance of practically everything.

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

One is too small a number to achieve greatness.

He who thinks he leads, but has no followers, is only taking a walk.

If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone.

Yesterday ended last night.

Goals may give focus, but dreams give power.

Always turn to God in the midst of your struggle and view people who offended you as an instruments of divine sovereignty.

A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.

The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.