Quotes from John C. Maxwell

A good leader encourages followers to tell him what he needs to know, not what he wants to hear.

Without leadership ability,a person's impact is only a fraction of what it could be with good leadership.

Acquiring and keeping good people is a leader's most important task.

Becoming a good listener, you are able to connect with others on more levels and develop stronger, deeper relationships.

Good people always rise to your level of expectation.

People of influence understand the incredible value of becoming a good listener.

Usually the person who rises within an organization has a good attitude. The promotions did not give that individual an outstanding attitude, but an outstanding attitude resulted in promotions.

The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.

If I expect great things from my people, they'll go to great lengths to keep from disappointing me.

A great idea is simply the combination of many good ideas.

If you want to achieve great things, you need to have a great dream.

Adversity is prosperity to those who possess a great attitude.

A great leader has the ability to instill within his people confidence in themselves.

Great visions are cast one on one.

The sheer act of listening speaks volumes that even a great speech can't communicate.

People are funny. When they are young, they will spend their health to get wealth. Later, they will gladly pay all they have trying to get their health back.

The great leaders in history were great not because of what they owned or earned but because of what they gave their lives to accomplish. They made a difference!

The most talented do not always end up as celebrities, and those with less talent often do. Upsets are written into our history and occur around us every day.

No great leader in history fought to prevent change.

When you make a commitment, you create hope. When you keep a commitment you create trust!

Hope sings when all melodies are gone.

Hope is not strategy. Hope fits with vision, but we must have a strategy and a process to make our vision become a reality.

It is the leader's job to hold hope high.

The rallying call to people is to give them hope. When you have hope, that's huge.