John Maxwell quotes

John C. Maxwell is an internationally recognized leadership expert, speaker, coach, and author who has sold over 19 million books. Dr. Maxwell is the founder of EQUIP and the John Maxwell Company, organizations that have trained more than 5 million leaders worldwide. Every year he speaks to Fortune 500 companies, international government leaders, and organizations as diverse as the United States Military Academy at West Point, the National Football League, and the United Nations. A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Business Week best-selling author, Maxwell has written three books which have each sold more than one million copies: The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, Developing the Leader Within You, and The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader.

1. Everyone has the potential to become an encourager. You don’t have to be rich. You don’t have to be a genius. You don’t have to have it all together. All you have to do is care about people and initiate.

2. When a person starts to talk about their dreams, it’s as if something bubbles up from within. Their eyes brighten, their face glows, and you can feel the excitement in their words.

3. Time is more valuable than money, because time is irreplaceable.

4. Leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

5. People never care how much you know until they know how much you care.

6. Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

7. Most people want to avoid pain, and discipline is usually painful.

8. A successful person finds the right place for himself. But a successful leader finds the right place for others.

9. Great leaders always seem to embody two seemingly disparate qualities. They are both highly visionary and highly practical.

10. You have to live with the people to know their needs, and you have to live with God to know how to solve them.