Quotes from John Maxwell

And as novelist Robert Louis Stevenson advised, "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.

Perspective separates leaders and followers more than any other characteristic. Leaders see before followers do; they see beyond what followers do; and they see bigger than followers do.

There is no future in any job. The future lies in the person who holds the job.

We can't choose whether we will get any more time, but we can choose what we do with it.

When you intentionally use your everyday life to bring about positive change in the lives of others, you begin to live a life that matters.

People don't expect their leaders to be perfect, but they do expect them to be honest. If

Forget your inconveniences, but remember your blessings.

Even the choicest words lose their power when they are used to overpower.

I feel like one little fellow who knelt at the side of his bed, closed his eyes, and prayed, "God bless Mom. God bless Dad. God bless Grandma." He said it the same way every time. But one night he added, "And please take care of yourself, God. 'Cause if anything happens to you, we're all sunk!

GROWING SYNERGY—their effectiveness is greater than the sum of the contributions

List the names of the members of your team. Next to each person's name, write a sentence or phrase that describes that person's perspective or outlook. The sentence must be positive, giving the person the benefit of the doubt for how he or she sees the world. If you're having difficulty describing someone's perspective, you need to get to know him or her better so that you can articulate the person's point of view.

Management expert Tom Peters gives a perspective on this. He suggests, "Don't rock the boat. Sink it and start over." If you desire to be creative and do something really innovative, that's sometimes what it takes. You must destroy the old to create something new. You cannot allow yourself to be paralyzed by the idea of change.