John Maxwell Quotes

160 John Maxwell Quotes

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The key to success in any endeavour is the ability to lead others successfully.
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Leadership can be taught.
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There are very few leadership books; most deal with management.
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Everyone influences someone.
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We never know who or how much we influence.
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The best investment in the future is a proper influence today.
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Influence is a skill that can be developed.
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Security is based on title, no talent.
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Walk slowly through the crowd.
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The higher you go, the longer it takes.
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The higher you go, the higher the level of commitment.
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The higher you go, the easier it is to lead.
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The higher you go, the greater the growth.
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You never leave the base level.
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If you are leading a group of people, you will not be on the same level with everyone.
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For your leadership to remain effective, it is essential that you take the other influencers within the group with you to the higher levels.
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Success is the progressive realisation of a predetermined goal.
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You cannot overestimate the unimportance of practically everything.
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Efficiency is the foundation for survival. Effectiveness is the foundation for success.
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It’s not how hard you work; it’s how smart you work.
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Organise or agonise.
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Choose or lose.
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Evaluate or stalemate.
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Priorities never ‘stay put’.
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The good is the enemy of the best.
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You can’t have it all.
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Too many priorities paralyse us.
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When little priorities demand too much of us, big problems arise.
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Time deadlines and emergencies force us to prioritise.
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Too often we learn too late what is really important.
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Integrity is not what we do as much as who we are.
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Integrity builds trust.
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Integrity has high influence value.
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Image is what people think we are. Integrity is what we really are.
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Integrity facilitates high standards.
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Integrity results in a solid reputation, not just image.
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Integrity means living it myself before leading others.
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Integrity helps a leader be credible, not just clever.
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Integrity is a hard-won achievement.
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You will only become what you are becoming right now.
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