John C. Maxwell Leader Quotations

Leaders who fail to prune their pride will meet demise. That's not a guess, it's a guarantee. With pride, it's not a matter of 'if' we will fall, but 'when.' There are no exceptions.

The best leaders are readers of people. They have the intuitive ability to understand others by discerning how they feel and recognizing what they sense.

How do leaders serve their people? They may pay good wages and treat employees with respect.

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.

Most people don't like change. They revolt against it unless they can clearly see the advantage it brings. For that reason, when good leaders prepare to take action or make changes, they take people through a process to get them ready for it.

Leaders attract potential leaders.

Trust must be built day by day. It calls for consistency.

Time spent with a potential leader is an investment.

When you believe in people, you motivate them and release their potential.

It is the leader's job to hold hope high.

It is the leaders job to add significance to the lives of the people he leads.

Leaders determine the level of an organization.

If you really want to be a successful leader, you must develop other leaders around you. You must establish a team.

An organization cannot increase its productivity-but people can!

A person who refuses to risk change fails to grow.

A leader who loves status quo soon becomes a follower.

It takes a leader to know a leader, grow a leader, and show a leader.

Leaders express feelings that other leaders sense.

Unless you want to carry the whole load yourself, you need to be developing leaders.

There is no success without a successor.

Birds of a feather really do flock together.

Leaders create and inspire new leaders by instilling faith in their leadership abilities and helping them develop and hone leadership skills they don't know they possess.

A great leader has the ability to instill within his people confidence in themselves.

Great leaders always have self-discipline -without exception.

Success doesn't come instantly. Neither does the ability to lead.

Strong leaders equal strong organizations.

People will not follow a leader who does not have confidence in himself.

A leader's ability to convey confidence and his ability to communicate effectively are similar.

Seek people who seek solutions.

People today are desperate for leaders, but they want to be influenced only by individuals they can trust, persons of good character.

The best teacher for a leader is evaluated experience.

Nurturing has the ability to transform people's lives.

Leader’s potential is determined by those closest to him.

Anybody who thinks that they are a leader and doesn't have anyone following them is just out for a walk.

When a leader reaches out in passion, he is usually met with an answering passion.

Change the leader, change the organization.

Every new level of growth we hope to experience as leaders calls for a new level of change. You cannot have one without the other. If you want to be a better leader, get ready to make some trades.

A leader is a reader.

A word of Encouragement from a leader can #Inspire a person to reach her potential

Leaders must live by higher standards than their followers.

It was while I was pastoring that I began to realize that pastors were not growing churches because they didn't understand leadership because they were not trained, adequate leaders.

The more intentional you are about your leadership growth, the greater your potential for becoming the leader you're capable of being. Never stop learning.

People naturally follow leaders stronger than themselves.

Most pastors have a hard time grasping a vision. But vision is the indispensable quality of a leader.

If you're a leader, it's important to set aside time to quiet yourself and listen for God's direction.

Anyone can steer a ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course

Acquiring and keeping good people is a leader's most important task.

As a leader, you have to take responsibility for your own failures as well as successes. That's the only way you'll learn. If you keep learning, you'll improve. If you improve, your leadership will get better. And in time, you will earn the right to lead on the level you deserve.

Grow a leader-grow the organization. A company cannot grow without until its leaders grow within.

Leaders touch a heart before they ask for a hand.

The Visalus Founders are the finest and sharpest young leaders that I have ever met.

Inexperienced leaders are quick to lead before knowing anything about the people they intend to lead. But mature leaders listen, learn and then lead.

If you can become the leader you ought to be on the inside, you will be able to become the person you want on the outside. People will want to follow you. And when that happens, you'll be able to tackle anything in this world.

A good leader encourages followers to tell him what he needs to know, not what he wants to hear.

A trustworthy leader goes the extra mile to remedy strained relationships, even when it doesn't appear to be required.

Effective leaders don't gather things just for themselves; they do it in order to give to others.

If you don't have the ability to see when to stand up and the conviction to do it, you'll never be an effective leader.

Of all the things a leader should fear, complacency heads the list.

You must find a way to get your vision seen, implemented, and contributed to by others.

There are three qualities a leader must exemplify to build trust: competence, connection, and character.

A highly credible leader under-promises and over-delivers.

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

Competence goes beyond words. It's the leader's ability to say it, plan it, and do it in such a way that others know that you know how - and know that they want to follow you.

Effective leaders sacrifice much that is good in order to dedicate themselves to what is best

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 temperature is insufferable.

People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision. Many people who approach the area of vision in leadership have it backwards. They believe that if the cause is good enough, people will automatically buy in and follow. But that's not how leadership works. People don't follow worthy causes; they follow worthy leaders with a cause they can believe in. They buy into the leader first.

A leader who develops people adds; a leader who develops leaders multiplies.

Your life expands in proportion to your courage. Fear limits a leader.

Leaders don't rise to the pinnacle of success without developing the right set of attitudes and habits; they make every day a masterpiece.

Leaders never outgrow the need to change.

Leadership is influence.

A leader can give up anything - except final responsibility.

Successful leaders have the courage to take action while others hesitate.

Great leaders understand that the right attitude will set the right atmosphere, which enables the right response from others.

Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others.

Credibility is a leader's currency. With it, he or she is solvent; without it, he or she is bankrupt.

Not everybody who has a vision is a leader, but every leader has a vision.

The measure of a leader is not the number of people who serve him, but the number of people he serves.

To measure a leader, put a tape around his heart, not his head.

Everyone is a leader because everyone influences someone.

If a leader cannot give you a clear picture of what he or she sees in the future, that person is not the leader of that organization.

Passion creates energy and magnetically pulls co-workers and customers into a shared vision, and it is exceptionally strong when linked with a leader's values.

The best leaders are humble enough to realize their victories depend upon their people.

The key to becoming a more efficient leader isn't checking off all the items on your to-do list each day. It's in forming the habit of prioritizing your time so that you are accomplishing your most important goals in an efficient manner.

For leaders to be effective, they need to connect with people.

The leader is there for the people, not the people for the leader

A leader's lasting value is measured by succession.

The best place for a leader isn't always at the top position. It is the place where they can serve the best and add the most value to other people.

Leaders are less interested in their position and more interested in their positive impact on others.

The attitude of the leader affects the atmosphere of the office

No great leader in history fought to prevent change.

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

Anyone can follow a path, but only a leader can blaze one.

People have a seed to success within them. Most never find it and therefore fail to reach their potential. Occasionally, a leader discovers it and helps that individual develop it. For both, they now can fulfill the purpose for which they are born.

Leaders who fail to lift others in the long run, fail to lift themselves.

Loyalty to the leader reaches its highest peak when the follower has personally grown through the mentorship of the leader.

Inspiring others to do better work is the accomplishment of a leader.

While a good leader sustains momentum, a great leader increases it.

Leaders provide for their people what the people cannot provide for themselves.

Encourage the many; mentor the few.