John Maxwell Quotes
John Maxwell is the undisputed expert on leadership. He is the founder of INJOY, an organization that focuses on helping people realize and maximize their full leadership and personal potential.
His most well known book is The 21 Irrefutable Laws Of Leadership where he examines profound principles that shape what leaders are and how you can build these principles in yourself.
His quotes are below:
"It's not the size of the project that determines its acceptance, support and success. It's the size of the leader."
"To build trust, a leaders must exemplify competence, connection and character."
"People don't at first follow worthy causes. They follow worthy leaders who promote worthwhile causes."
"Once our minds are 'tattooed' with negative thinking, our chances for long-term success diminish."
"The whole idea of motivation is a trap. Forget motivation. Just do it. Exercise, lose weight, test your blood sugar, or whatever. Do it without motivation. And then, guess what? After you start doing the thing, that's when the motivation comes and makes it easy for you to keep on doing it."
"The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up."
"People cannot give to others what they themselves do not posses. Follwers simply cannot develop leaders."
"As you begin changing your thinking, start immediately to change your behaviour. Begin to act the part of the person you would like to become. Take action on your behaviour. Too many people want to feel, then take action. This never works."
"Learn to say 'no' to the good so you can say 'yes' to the best."
"Three reasons problems are inevitable; first, we live in a world of growing complexity and diversity; second, we interact with people; and third, we cannot control all the situation we face."
