70 John C. Maxwell Quotes and Lessons on Successful Leadership

The secret to your success is found in your daily routine.

A leader is great not because of his or her power, but because of his or her ability to empower others

A budget is telling your money where to go instead of wondering where it went.

The company owner doesn't need to win. The best idea does.

Even the right thing said in the wrong situation won’t connect.

You cannot separate your identity from your perspective. All that you are and every experience you’ve had color how you see things. It is your lens.

Good thoughts and actions can never produce bad results; bad thoughts and actions can never produce good results.

Achievement comes from the habit of good thinking.

The writer of proverbs observed that sharp people sharpen one another, just as iron sharpens iron. If you want to be a sharp thinker, be around sharp people.

Success for the leader is a single victory. However, when the protege experiences success, it becomes a double win.

Silent gratitude isn’t much good to anyone.

Care without candor creates dysfunctional relationships. Candor without care creates distant relationships.

The emotion you continually feed is the one that will dominate your life.

Educators take something simple and make it complicated. Communicators take something complicated and make it simple.

It’s a simple thing to offer encouragement, but it can have a tremendous effect on someone’s life.

Successful people are willing to do things unsuccessful people will not do.

To lead yourself, use your head; to lead others, use your heart.

Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.

The action is what converts human dreams into significance.

You see, when our attitudes outdistance our abilities, even the impossible becomes possible.