John C. Maxwell - Leader Quotes

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

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Your goal as a leader isn't to be indispensable to the people you lead; it is to leave your people something that is indispensable to them.

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Effective leaders don't gather things just for themselves; they do it in order to give to others.

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Loyalty to the leader reaches its highest peak when the follower has personally grown through the mentorship of the leader.

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If you don't have the ability to see when to stand up and the conviction to do it, you'll never be an effective leader.

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A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others do." (Leroy Eims)

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The more intentional you are about your leadership growth, the greater your potential for becoming the leader you're capable of being. Never stop learning.

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People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision. Many people who approach the area of vision in leadership have it backwards. They believe that if the cause is good enough, people will automatically buy in and follow. But that's not how leadership works. People don't follow worthy causes; they follow worthy leaders with a cause they can believe in. They buy into the leader first.

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To remain a credible leader, I must always work first, hardest, and longest on changing myself. This is neither easy nor natural, but it is essential.

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Knowing how to do a job is the accomplishment of labor - showing others is the accomplishment of the teacher - making sure the work is done by others is the accomplishment of the manager - inspiring others to do better work is the accomplishment of the leader.

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Effective leaders sacrifice much that is good in order to dedicate themselves to what is best

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All great leaders have understood that their number one responsibility is cultivating their own discipline and personal growth. Those who cannot lead themselves cannot lead others.

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Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others.

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Leaders create and inspire new leaders by instilling faith in their leadership abilities and helping them develop and hone leadership skills they don't know they possess.

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Grow a leader-grow the organization. A company cannot grow without until its leaders grow within.

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Every new level of growth we hope to experience as leaders calls for a new level of change. You cannot have one without the other. If you want to be a better leader, get ready to make some trades.

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The leader finds the dream and then the people. The people find the leader and then the dream.

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People today are desperate for leaders, but they want to be influenced only by individuals they can trust, persons of good character.

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If you can become the leader you ought to be on the inside, you will be able to become the person you want on the outside. People will want to follow you. And when that happens, you'll be able to tackle anything in this world.

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

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Inexperienced leaders are quick to lead before knowing anything about the people they intend to lead. But mature leaders listen, learn and then lead.

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If you are a leader, the true measure of your success is not getting people to work. It's not getting people to work hard. It is getting people to work hard together. That takes commitment.

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Leaders have two characteristics: first they are going somewhere, and second they are able to persuade other people to go with them.

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No matter what our circumstances, our greatest limitation isn't the leader above us - it's the spirit within us.

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Anyone can steer the ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course. Leaders who are good navigators are capable of taking their people just about anywhere.

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Leaders need to remember that the point of leading is not to cross the finish line first. It's to take people across the finish line with you. For that reason, leaders must deliberately slow their pace, stay connected to their people, enlist others to help fulfill the vision, and keep people going. You can't do that if you're running too far ahead of your people.

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Team leaders have to connect with their team and themselves. If they don't know their team's strengths and weaknesses, they cannot hand off responsibilities to the team. And if they don't know their own strengths and weaknesses, they will not hand off responsibilities to the team.

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Any leader who asks the right questions of the right people has the potential to discover and develop great ideas.

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Great leaders always have self-discipline -without exception.

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A successful person finds the right place for himself. But a successful leader finds the right place for others. By John Maxwell

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