Quotes from John C. Maxwell

Integrity is important in building relationships. And is the foundation upon which many other qualities for success are built, such as respect, dignity, and trust.

A person of responsibility can trust himself to choose the right thing over the easy thing.

In my experience, followers always ask leaders 3 questions: 1) Do you care 4 me? 2) Can you help me? 3) Can I trust you?

Trust must be built day by day. It calls for consistency.

Speak the truth. Transparency breeds legitimacy.

You've got to love your people more than your position.

Success comes to those who have an entire mountain of gold that they continually mine, not those who find one nugget and try to live on it for fifty years.

The truth is that teamwork is at the heart of great achievement.

Motivation is like love and happiness. It's a by-product. When you're actively engaged in doing something, it sneaks up and zaps you when you least expect it.

If you're going to play together as a team, you've got to care for one another. you've got to love each other.

Most people are not valued. Very few people have someone who believes in them. Very few have others love them unconditionally. Do these things intentionally every day.

I vividly remember a conversation I had many years ago in 1974, which marked a turning point in my leadership journey. I was sitting at a Holiday Inn with my friend, Kurt Campmeyer, when he asked me if I had a personal growth plan. I didn't. In fact, I didn't even know you were supposed to have one.

If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it - young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous - is changed by it.

If you don't try to create the future you want, you must endure the future you get.

Often people fail to start or complete a task because they don't see any connection between what they're doing and what they really want to accomplish in life.

Not realizing what you want is a problem of knowledge. Not pursuing what you want is a problem of motivation. Not achieving what you want is a problem of persistence.

There are two kinds of people in this world: those who want to get things done, and those who don't want to make mistakes.

Keeping score is for games, not friendships.

The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.

When your dream is bigger than you are, you only have two choices: give up or get help.

Leaders will not experience long-term success unless a lot of people want them to.

People change when they hurt enough that they have to change, learn enough that they want to change, receive enough that they are able to change.

God has never given anybody a dream that He did not want that person to fulfill.

Competence goes beyond words. It's the leader's ability to say it, plan it, and do it in such a way that others know that you know how - and know that they want to follow you.