John C. Maxwell

People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life.

A minute of thought is greater than an hour of talk.

Everything rises and falls on leadership.

The challenge of leadership is to create change and facilitate growth.

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.

Everything rises and falls on leadership.

You do your job, you keep your job. Do it well, you get a better job.

Your performance depends on your people. Select the best, train them and back them. When errors occur, give sharper guidance. If errors persist or if the fit feels wrong, help them move on. The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House.

Rule a kingdom as though you were cooking a small fish – don’t overdo it.

Teamwork makes the dream work, but a vision becomes a nightmare when the leader has a big dream and a bad team.

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.

I feel like the thing we can do is celebrate people doing great work and create more cultural momentum and awareness that this is an important thing in the world. So when the next economic crisis hits and people are talking about where to cut from the budget, science isn’t the thing.

It’s easy to demonise people, you’re usually wrong about it, people are nicer than you think.

If you wouldn’t follow yourself, why should anyone else?

Don’t necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.

You don’t reward failure by promoting those responsible for it, because all you get is more failure.

The best leaders are humble enough to realize their victories depend upon their people.

Leaders who are effective are leaders who are disciplined in their daily lives.

And give… give more credit to others and don’t assume they’re mean until you know they’re actually mean.

You will launch many projects, but have time to finish only a few. So think, plan, develop, launch and tap good people to be responsible. Give them authority and hold them accountable. Trying to do too much yourself creates a bottleneck.