Being a great leader is all about
having a genuine willingness and a true commitment to lead others to achieve a
common vision and goals through positive influence. No leader can ever achieve
anything great or long-lasting all alone. Teamwork goes hand in hand with
leadership. Leadership is about people-and for people.
1. "A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position." John C. Maxwell
John C. Maxwell is widely
considered to be one of the world's top leadership thinkers. I have compiled 44
of the best quotations from his books to inspire you to be a great leader, too.
1. "A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position." John C. Maxwell
2. "Leadership is not about
titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing
another." John C. Maxwell
3. "A leader is one who
knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way." John C. Maxwell
4. "Leaders must be close
enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them." John
C. Maxwell
5. "A leader who produces
other leaders multiplies their influences." John C. Maxwell
6. "A successful person
finds the right place for himself. But a successful leader finds the right
place for others. John C. Maxwell
7. "Real leadership is being
the person others will gladly and confidently follow." John C. Maxwell
8. "When the leader lacks
confidence, the followers lack commitment." John C. Maxwell
9. "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." John C. Maxwell
10. "If you wouldn't follow
yourself, why should anyone else?" John C. Maxwell
11. "Great leaders always
seem to embody two seemingly disparate qualities. They are both highly
visionary and highly practical." John C. Maxwell
12. "The higher you want to
climb, the more you need leadership. The greater the impact you want to make,
the greater your influence needs to be." John C. Maxwell
13. "If you can't influence
people, then they will not follow you. And if people won't follow, you are not
a leader. That's the Law of Influence." John C. Maxwell
14. "Anyone can steer the
ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course. Leaders who are good
navigators are capable of taking their people just about anywhere." John
C. Maxwell
15. "If you are a leader,
the true measure of your success is not getting people to work. It's not getting
people to work hard. It is getting people to work hard together. That takes
commitment." John C. Maxwell
16. "If you want to be a
leader, the good news is that you can do it. Everyone has the potential, but it
isn't accomplished overnight. It requires perseverance." John C. Maxwell
17. "If you really want to
be an uncommon leader, you're going to have to find a way to get much of your
vision seen, implemented, and added to by others." John C. Maxwell
18. "Managers work with
processes-leaders work with people." John C. Maxwell
19. "Everything rises and
falls on leadership." John C. Maxwell
20. "Good leaders know when
to display emotions and when to delay them." John C. Maxwell
21. "Do you know the
difference between leaders, followers, and losers? Leaders stretch with
challenges. Followers struggle with challenges. Losers shrink from
challenges." John C. Maxwell
22. "Most good leaders want
the perspective of people they trust." John C. Maxwell
23. "To lead any way other
than by example, we send a fuzzy picture of leadership to others. If we work on
improving ourselves first and make that our primary mission, then others are
more likely to follow." John C. Maxwell
24. "All true leaders have
learned to say no to the good in order to say yes to the best." John C.
Maxwell
25. "The best leaders are
humble enough to realize their victories depend upon their people." John
C. Maxwell
26. "Leaders see everything
with a leadership bias. Their focus is on mobilizing people and leveraging
resources to achieve their goals rather than on using their own individual
efforts. Leaders who want to succeed maximize every asset and resource they
have for the benefit of their organization. For that reason, they are
continually aware of what they have at their disposal." John C. Maxwell
27. "It's not the position
that makes the leader; it's the leader that makes the position." John C.
Maxwell
28. "When leaders fail to
empower others, it is usually due to three main reasons: 1. Desire for Job
Security 2. Resistance to Change 3. Lack of Self-Worth." John C. Maxwell
29. "When people respect you
as a person, they admire you. When they respect you as a friend, they love you.
When they respect you as a leader, they follow you." John C. Maxwell
30. "Leadership has less to
do with position than it does disposition." John C. Maxwell
31. "If you want to be the
best leader you can possibly be, no matter how much or how little natural
leadership talent you possess, you need to become a serving leader." John
C. Maxwell
32. "Success for the leader
is a single victory. However, when the protg experiences success, it becomes a
double win." John C. Maxwell
33. "The challenge of
leadership is to create change and facilitate growth." John C. Maxwell
34. "The measure of a leader
is not the number of people who serve him but the number of people he
serves." John C. Maxwell
35. "The rewards leaders
give are counterbalanced by the results that their people give in return."
John C. Maxwell
36. "The bottom line in
leadership isn't how far we advance ourselves but how far we advance
others." John C. Maxwell
37. "A leader with
confidence is a leader who brings out positive changes in people." John C.
Maxwell
38. "As a leader, you will
never get ahead until your people are behind you." John C. Maxwell
39. "Leaders who are
effective are leaders who are disciplined in their daily lives." John C.
Maxwell
40. "There are five nonnegotiable
characteristics that every effective leader must have: a sense of calling, an
ability to communicate, creativity in problem solving, generosity, and
consistency." John C. Maxwell
41. "A leader is great, not
because of his or her power, but because of his or her ability to empower
others." John C. Maxwell
42. "The respect that
leadership must have requires that one's ethics be without question. A leader
not only stays above the line between right and wrong, he stays well clear of
the 'gray areas.'" John C. Maxwell
43. "Your ultimate goal as a
leader should be to work hard enough and strategically enough that you have
more than enough to give and share with others." John C. Maxwell
44. "As a leader, you don't
earn any points for failing in a noble cause. You don't get credit for being
'right' as you bring the organization to a halt. Your success is measured by
your ability to actually take the people where they need to go. But you can do
that only if the people first buy into you as a leader. That's the reality of
the Law of Buy-In." John C. Maxwell
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