70 John C. Maxwell Quotes and Lessons on Successful Leadership

You cannot overestimate the unimportance of practically everything.

People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.

Find your strength and then find someone who needs your strength.

We all stand on the shoulders of the past generation.

The bottom line in leadership isn’t how far we advance ourselves but how far we advance others.

If your perception of and response to failure were changed, what would you attempt to achieve?

Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men to win them.

People who wait for the one great opportunity often keep waiting.

People don’t expect their leaders to be perfect, but they do expect them to be honest.

Connect emotionally through facial expressions, laughter, and tears.

Laughing is the quickest way to get up and get going again when you’ve been knocked down.

When the real leader speaks, people listen. Leadership is influence-nothing more, nothing less.

Attitude is one of the most contagious qualities a human being possesses.

Comparing yourself to others is really just a needless distraction. The only one you should compare yourself to is you. Your mission is to become better today than you were yesterday. You do that by focusing on what you can do today to improve and grow.

Reward only finished work: It’s good to praise effort, but you should never reward it.

Until thought is linked with purpose there is no intelligent accomplishment.

To reach your potential you must grow. And to grow, you must be highly intentional about it.

Nothing of significance was ever achieved without people working together.

There is no achievement without failure.

A smart person believes only half of what he hears, but a really smart person knows which half to believe.