Famous Quotes & Sayings

John C. Maxwell

Leadership development is a lifetime journey, not a quick trip.

John C. Maxwell

You don't become an effective leader by default.

John C. Maxwell

We cannot lead anyone farther than we have been ourselves.

John C. Maxwell

You can't become a leader in one conference.

John C. Maxwell

Knowing how to do a job is the accomplishment of labor - showing others is the accomplishment of the teacher - making sure the work is done by others is the accomplishment of the manager - inspiring others to do better work is the accomplishment of the leader.

John C. Maxwell

It takes a lot of people to create a success. That's why I say that few leaders are successful unless a lot of people want them to be.

John C. Maxwell

In my experience, followers always ask leaders 3 questions: 1) Do you care 4 me? 2) Can you help me? 3) Can I trust you?

John C. Maxwell

Good leaders understand that they are stewards. They must find the best people they can, giving them the opportunity to join in the journey developing them, and encouraging them to reach their potential. But they must hold on to people lightly. Those who start with you seldom finish with you.

Larry Wachtel

The leadership of the marketplace moved out of techs and into quality stocks today.

The leadership of organizations looks a lot like the mainstream mythologies about our movement.

The leadership is OK when things are going OK. When things aren't going so well, we get pretty quiet.

Ben Roethlisberger

the leadership I bring, the will to win.

James Stockdale

He's a novice, but he's had these - he's experienced in leadership in tight circumstances. He started - he dropped the first bomb, led the first air strike into North Vietnam.

Ellen Sauerbrey

The best way to learn is by doing; never ask others to do what you're not willing to do yourself.

Ellen Tauscher

At a time when we are facing threats from nations such as North Korea and Iran, and attempting to convince others such as India and Pakistan to become responsible nuclear powers, it is vital that America reclaims the leadership we once had on arms control.

All of our seniors are going to play big roles for us. They have been big all year with their leadership and how they have stepped up.

Herman Wouk

A leader can't dash ahead around the bend out of sight.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer.

Henri Rousseau

The principal problem I had during the five years I ran the Caisse - and I bet you that it will be the same problem for my successor - is the retention, recruitment and training of competent personnel.

Henri Poincare

The mathematical facts worthy of being studied are those which, by their analogy with other facts, are capable of leading us to the knowledge of a physical law. They reveal the kinship between other facts, long known, but wrongly believed to be strangers to one another.

If a woman is sufficiently ambitious, determined and gifted, there is practically nothing she can't do.

Hilary Duff

Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.

Henry Ward Beecher

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

While once it was the rank and file that cheered with all the partisan passions at their heights, today it is the party leaders who are cheering themselves; and all by themselves. The mob that is their audience is in one vast universal trance, thinking about something else.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

If a rhinoceros were to enter this restaurant now, there is no denying he would have great power here. But I should be the first to rise and assure him that he had no authority whatever.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

John Dryden

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much.

John Mayer

The emotionally intelligent person is skilled in four areas: identifying emotions, using emotions, understanding emotions, and regulating emotions.

John Lennon

Possession isn't nine-tenths of the law. It's nine-tenths of the problem.

John Landis

I have always loved you.

Jim Ramstad

All Americans and freedom-loving people around the world owe President Reagan our deepest gratitude for his strong, principled leadership that ended the Cold War and brought freedom to millions of people.

Jim Rohn

The goal of an effective leader is to recondition your team to be solution focused rather than problem focused.