70 John C. Maxwell Quotes and Lessons on Successful Leadership

To be a leader you must preserve all through your life the attitude of being receptive to new ideas.

There is a great deal of difference between knowing and understanding. You can know a lot about something and not really understand it.

Connectors create an experience everyone enjoys.

Good thinking Increases your potential.

People who are busy rowing seldom have time to rock the boat.

If your habits don't line up with your dream, then you need to either change your habits or change your dream

Your attitude is like the mind's paintbrush. It can paint everything in bright, vibrant colors creating a masterpiece

What you believe identifies who you are.

If you do the things you need to do when you need to do them, then someday you can do the things you want to do when you want to do them.

Everything we do, every accomplishment we have, every milestone we pass has come in part because of the efforts of others.

Image promises much but produces little. Integrity never disappoints.

Leadership isn't about winning. It's about bringing people with you to the finish line.

You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.

You cannot always control what happens to you, but you can control what happens to you.

The greatest enemy of good thinking is busyness.

Individuals play the game, but teams win championships.

Attitude is the first quality that marks the successful man. If he has a positive attitude and is a positive thinker, who likes challenges and difficult situations, then he has half his success achieved.

If you do not connect with others, influence is out of the question.

The bookends of success are starting and finishing.

Needless to say, you can love people without leading them, but you cannot lead people without loving them.