John C. Maxwell Quotes

The hero is the one with ideas.

The key to working smarter is knowing the difference between motion and direction. In the final analysis, results are what matter; attendance and activity don’t.

The leader’s Attitude is like a thermostat for the place she works. If her attitude is good, the atmosphere is pleasant, and the environment is easy to work in. But if her attitude is bad, the tempera...

The longer you wait to do something you should do now, the greater the odds that you will never actually do it.

The more tuned in you are to your purpose, and the more dedicated you are to growing toward it, the better your chances of reaching your potential, expanding your possibilities, and doing something si...

The number-one reason most people lose arguments is not because they’re wrong; it’s because they don’t know when to quit.

The one thing you need to know about teamwork is that there is more than one thing you need to know about teamwork.

The one with the plan is the one with the power. It doesn’t matter in what kind of activity you’re involved. Employees want to follow the business leader with a good business plan. Volunteers want to...

The problem with popular thinking is that it doesn’t require you to think at all. —Kevin Myers

The rewards leaders give are counterbalanced by the results that their people give in return.

The true leader serves. Serves people. Serves their best interests, and in so doing will not always be popular, may not always impress. But because true leaders are motivated by loving concern, rather...

The truth is that leadership opportunities are plentiful and within reach of most people.3

There are really only three kinds of people. Those who don’t succeed, those who achieve success temporarily, and those who become and remain successful. Character is the only way to sustain success.

There are three questions you need to ask and answer to test your readiness to be a catalyst for significance, Jim replied. They are: Can you be the best in the world at what you do? Are you passionat...

There can be no success without sacrifice. The two go hand in hand. If you desire to accomplish little, sacrifice little. But if you want to accomplish great things, be willing to sacrifice much.

There comes a special moment in everyone’s life, a moment for which that person was born.… When he seizes it… it is his finest hour.

There is a great deal of difference between knowing and understanding. You can know a lot about something and not really understand it.

There is no life as empty as the self-centered life. There is no life as centered as the self-empty life.

There is nothing more tragic than when a Christian leader loses God’s anointing on his life by allowing himself to become sidetracked. There is no higher violation of God’s trust. For when a leader st...

There’s a difference between hearing people and listening to them.