Quotes from John Maxwell

You can't do everything, so focus on your strengths.

Cemetery communication: lots of people are out there, but nobody is listening.

Influencing others is a matter of disposition, not position.

For a team to succeed, responsibility must go down deep into the organization, down to the roots. Getting that to happen requires a leader who will delegate responsibility and authority to the team. Stephen Covey remarked, "People and organizations don't grow much without delegation and completed staff work, because they are confined to the capacities of the boss and reflect both personal strengths and weaknesses." Good leaders seldom restrict their teams; they release them."

What's more dangerous than playing big? Never taking a risk.

With success come options. How we use those options reveals our character.

Don't change your circumstances to improve your life—change yourself to improve your circumstances.

Using the word CHARISMA as an acrostic, we can define the outstanding characteristics of charismatic people: Concern Help Action Results Influence Sensitivity Motivation Affirmation Keep.

Maturity is the ability to see and act on behalf of others.

Just as personal values influence and guide an individual's behavior, organizational values influence and guide the team's behavior.

The respect that leadership must have requires that one's ethics be without question. A leader not only stays above the line between right and wrong, he stays well clear of the 'gray areas.

When it comes to the thing you love to do, the thing you were made to do, aim high. The odds matter little. Whether you fall down along the way matters little.