Quotes about Influence
For the person trying to do everything alone, the game really is over. If you want to do something big, you must link up with others. One is too small a number to achieve greatness. That's the Law of Significance.
— John Maxwell
When you live each day with intentionality, there's almost no limit to what you can do. You can transform yourself, your family, your community, and your nation. When enough people do that, they can change the world. 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.
— John Maxwell
The most important personal-growth phrase you will ever hear a good leader say to you is "follow me.
— John Maxwell
Your values are the soul of your leadership, and they drive your behavior.
— John Maxwell
The emotion you continually feed is the one that will dominate your life.
— John Maxwell
No one can understand that mysterious thing we call influence . . . yet . . . everyone of us continually exerts influence, either to heal, to bless, to leave marks of beauty; or to wound, to hurt, to poison, to stain other lives.
— John Maxwell
True leadership cannot be awarded, appointed, or assigned. It comes only from influence, and that cannot be mandated. It must be earned. The only thing a title can buy is a little time—either to increase your level of influence with others or to undermine it.
— John Maxwell
5. Each person's leadership is best exercised in his or her area of giftedness (v. 31). When we discover our gifts, we will naturally lead in those areas where we are most productive, intuitive, comfortable, influential, and satisfied.
— John Maxwell
people with charisma possess an outward focus instead of an inward one. They pay attention to other people, and they desire to add value to them.
— John Maxwell
Followers tell you what you want to hear. Leaders tell you what you need to hear.
— John Maxwell
When it comes to identifying a real leader, that task can be much easier. Don't listen to the claims of the person professing to be the leader. Don't examine his credentials. Don't check his title. Check his influence. The proof of leadership is found in the followers.
— John Maxwell
When you like people and treat them like individuals who have value, you begin to develop influence with them. You develop trust.
— John Maxwell