Famous Quotes

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

John C. Maxwell on Leadership

More quotes about Leadership

• "If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right."

  Henry Ford on Leadership

• "A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus."

  Martin Luther King, Jr. on Leadership

• "It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership."

  Nelson Mandela on Leadership

• "A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves."

  Lao Tzu on Leadership

• "Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership."

  Colin Powell on Leadership

More quotes by John C. Maxwell

• "Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up."

• "People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude."

• "Learn to say 'no' to the good so you can say 'yes' to the best."

• "Policies are many, Principles are few, Policies will change, Principles never do."

• "The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one."