Famous Quotes & Sayings

John C. Maxwell

People who are not leaders automatically gravitate toward lines--limitations set by others. Many people are taught this in kindergarten when they are instructed to stay within the lines while coloring. But leaders are more creative than that. They look for options and opportunities. They try to take things in a new direction, or beyond the limit. Progress and innovation are made by people who think without lines.

John C. Maxwell

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

John C. Maxwell

The leader continually passes on the vision to those who come around, knowing that dreams, if presented right, are contagious.

John C. Maxwell

Progress does not occur without change.

John C. Maxwell

The better you are at surrounding yourself with people of high potential, the greater your chance for success.

John C. Maxwell

Coming together is a beginning, and staying together is progress, but only when teams sweat together do they find success.

John C. Maxwell

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.

John C. Maxwell

Persuasive communication involves enthusiasm, animation, audience participation, authenticity and spontaneity.

John C. Maxwell

Real leadership is being the person others will gladly and confidently follow.

John C. Maxwell

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

John C. Maxwell

Leadership is influence.

John C. Maxwell

Don't buy into the notion that mistakes can somehow be avoided. They can't be.

Larry Holmes

Set a goal and make a commitment to meet that goal. Do the best you can, but never forget your roots, never forget where you came from. After you have succeeded, look back and see if there are others that you might help to achieve what you have accomplished.

Napoleon Bonaparte

The inevitable end of multiple chiefs is that they fade and disappear for lack of unity.

Eric Schmidt

There clearly are cases where evil people exist, but you don't have to violate the privacy of every single citizen of America to find them.

Eric Schmidt

For those who say you're thinking too big... be smart enough not to listen. For those who say the odds are too small ... be dumb enough to give it a shot. And for those who ask, how can you do that?... look them in the eyes and say, Ill figure it out.

We still have a long way to go, but when we are struggling, that's when your leaders step up. That's what he is.

It's open to people in the community. There are a lot of potential leaders out there.

Nelson Mandela

Appearances matter — and remember to smile.

Nelson Mandela

I like a leader who can, while pointing out a mistake, bring up the good things the other person has done. If you do that, then the person sees that you have a complete picture of him. There is nobody more dangerous than one who has been humiliated, even when you humiliate him rightly.

Nelson Mandela

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

Mike Huckabee

There is a difference between people who are educated and people who are smart.

Mike Huckabee

America's cultural table is set by the people living in the three bubbles - New York Washington D.C. and Hollywood.

Mike Huckabee

Leadership is about making decisions with the information you have, not the information people will have 12 years later, i kind of feel sorry for my friend Jeb Bush.

Newt Gingrich

Lions cannot afford to hunt mice because they literally will starve to death, even if they catch them. Lions and all large carnivores have to hunt game large enough to justify the investment, so they have to hunt antelope and zebra. Why is this important? Because most senior executives are really big on chipmunks.

Nhat Hanh

By listening with calm and understanding, we can ease the suffering of another person.

Carolyn Heilbrun

Ardent, intelligent, sweet, sensitive, cultivated, erudite. These are the adjectives of praise in an androgynous world. Those who consider them epithets of shame or folly ought not to be trusted with leadership, for they will be men hot for power and revenge, certain of right and wrong.

Milton Glaser

Less isn't more; just enough is more.

Julia Gillard

So in many ways for me, having lived through what I've lived through, and endured what I've endured, I've got more confidence that I can do the next bit - and there's something sustaining about that.

Pat Roberts

I try to help my athletes visualize their full potential, and then get out of the way as they achieve it.

Knute Rockne

The only qualifications for a lineman are to be big and dumb. To be a back, you only have to be dumb.

Myles Munroe

True leadership is an attitude that naturally inspires and motivates others, and it comes from an internalized discovery about yourself.

Myles Munroe

Learning comes from education, while knowing comes from revelation. Learning is cognitive, while knowing is spiritual.