Quotes from John C Maxwell

Dear Readers,

I am sure most of you know about leadership guru John C. Maxwell, Great author and speaker, I read some of his books, i am sure his books help us in many ways in developing skills necessary  in any endeavor. In this article i am presenting you some of this great quotes. 

Some of his books are:

• Leadership gold. 
• 5 Levels of leadership
• Today Maters
• Winning With People
• Teamwork 101

many more books in this series.

• “If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone.”
• “A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.” 
• “Most people who want to get ahead do it backward. They think, 'I'll get a bigger job, then I'll learn how to be a leader.' But showing leadership skill is how you get the bigger job in the first place. Leadership isn't a position, it's a process.” 
• “Life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.” 
• “As you begin changing your thinking, start immediately to change your behavior. Begin to act the part of the person you would like to become. Take action on your behavior. Too many people want to feel, then take action. This never works.”
• “Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.”
• “The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up.”
• “Leadership is more ? if not much more ? influence, rather than position.” 
• “Where there is no hope in the future, there is no power in the present.” 
• “The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.” 
• “We choose what attitudes we have right now. And it's a continuing choice.” 
• “People do not care how much you know until they know how much you care.” 
• “Once our minds are 'tattooed' with negative thinking, our chances for long-term success diminish” 
• “The Depth of your Mythology is the Extent of your Effectiveness.” 
• “If you let the free market operate unchecked, prices will go down.” 
• “They walked into a very difficult situation and saw it through, making a lot of money.” 
• “The Tropicana is just not competitive anymore given the growth of Las Vegas.”
•  “Prices will come down, ... There will be stability.”
•  “I'm very excited about rays and this project.” 
• “The last time price caps were imposed (in 1975) . . . it roiled the markets,” 
• “I told people they would be in for a bit of trouble, ... They had the meeting in September where they said they had hit the wall. Those things are not going to turn around overnight. It's just a worldwide slowdown.” 
• “She shows that the force has a lot of talent in it. It also shows that the police force is becoming more intelligent because the women used to have a hard time being in the force, but this shows that all that is changing.” 
• “The law of the [Cub Scout] pack guides the boys to move in the direction of being helpful, friendly, courteous, trustworthy and promote qualities which parents and the community are looking for. The whole purpose of scouting is to help the children grow up making good decisions in life.”
• “Our program is attuned in such a way that we intentionally want to provide positive male role models for the boys due to the lack of father figures in their lives. Most of the boys in our program are brought up single-handedly by their mothers or, in some cases, their grandmothers. Usually it's the mom who signs the child up to the program, because they want our male leaders to be around for their child.” 
• “Most of them do not have access to outdoor activities, which you and I take for granted. In our first year, we took our 100 boys to visit the National Mall, and all of them said they had never been there before.” 
• “He was very quiet...he didn't make a fuss about himself. If he had survived when Michael Manley became Prime Minister he would have been Governor-General.” 
• “When I was editor (of the paper) we disagreed violently about certain things but he never interfered with editorial matters.”
• “Overall the company's numbers are compelling.”
• "Leadership is influence."