John C. Maxwell

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

Success is…knowing your purpose in life, growing to reach your maximum potential, and sowing seeds that benefit others.

When the leader lacks confidence, the followers lack commitment.

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

The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure.

If you wouldn’t follow yourself, why should anyone else?

Your performance depends on your people. Select the best, train them and back them. When errors occur, give sharper guidance. If errors persist or if the fit feels wrong, help them move on. The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House.

Respect people with less power then you. I don’t care if you’re the most powerful cat in the room, I will judge you on how you treat the least powerful. So there.

Even as entrepreneurs, we rely on people to get things done. We may have the original idea, but moving it forward can involve hundreds of people. Every person becomes integral to the overall success.

Most great leaders in history that I’ve studied always need to get as wide a range of opinions as possible so that they can have sufficient information to make the right decisions.

A great leader’s courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.

And give… give more credit to others and don’t assume they’re mean until you know they’re actually mean.

Rule a kingdom as though you were cooking a small fish – don’t overdo it.

The art of leadership is a serious matter. One must not lag behind a movement, because to do so is to become isolated from the masses. But one must not rush ahead, for to rush ahead is to lose contact with the masses. He who wished to lead a movement must conduct a fight on two fronts–against those who lag behind and those who rush ahead.

I judge people based on their capability, honesty, and merit.

I feel like the thing we can do is celebrate people doing great work and create more cultural momentum and awareness that this is an important thing in the world. So when the next economic crisis hits and people are talking about where to cut from the budget, science isn’t the thing.

Leaders who are effective are leaders who are disciplined in their daily lives.

The very essence of leadership is having vision.

The challenge of leadership is to create change and facilitate growth.

Everything rises and falls on leadership.

Don’t blame the boss. He has enough problems.