70 John C. Maxwell Quotes and Lessons on Successful Leadership

You must reject common thinking if you want to accomplish uncommon results.

People tend to become what the most important people in their lives think they will become.

Creativity requires a willingness to look stupid.

Leadership is more disposition than position—influence others from wherever you are.

Ideas have a short shelf life. You must act on them before the expiration date.

Education makes all the difference.

You must be interested in finding the best way, not in having your own way.

More than anything else, what keeps a person going in the midst of adversity is having a sense of purpose. It is the fuel that powers persistence.

People can be in the same place sharing the same experience at the same time, but they can walk away from it having seen very different things.

Success is knowing your purpose in life, growing to reach your maximum potential and sowing seeds that benefit others.

Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.

Your success stops where your character stops. You can never rise above the limitations of your character.

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

To succeed, you have to be open to problems. You have to be open to failure. And as you go up the ladder, you gain the right to get more problems.

Good thinking will improve your life. It will help you to become an achiever.

Dreams often come one size too big so that we can grow into them.

There are two types of people in the business community: those who produce results and those who give you reasons why they didn’t.

Your mind will give back to you exactly what you put into it.

Better players make you a better player

Leadership is developed, not discovered. It’s a process.