The 5 Levels of Leadership Quotes

“President Abraham Lincoln said, “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”
― John C. Maxwell, The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential

“Nobody achieves anything great by giving the minimum. No teams win championships without making sacrifices and giving their best.”
― John C. Maxwell, The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential

“When people follow a leader because they have to, they will do only what they have to. People don’t give their best to leaders they like least. They give reluctant compliance, not commitment. They may give their hands but certainly not their heads or hearts.”
― John C. Maxwell, The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential

“The challenge of leadership is to create change and facilitate growth.”
― John C. Maxwell, The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential

“Position is a poor substitute for influence.”
― John C. Maxwell, The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential

“Your values are the soul of your leadership, and they drive your behavior.”
― John C. Maxwell, The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential

“Don’t worry about making friends; don’t worry about making enemies. Worry about winning, because if you win, your enemies can’t hurt you, and if you lose, your friends can’t stand you.”
― John C. Maxwell, The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential

“When you like people and treat them like individuals who have value, you begin to develop influence with them. You develop trust.”
― John C. Maxwell, The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential

“Good leadership isn’t about advancing yourself. It’s about advancing your team. The”
― John C. Maxwell, The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential

“There are two types of people in the business community: those who produce results and those who give you reasons why they didn’t.”
― John C. Maxwell, The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential

“Clearly, if leaders have a strong set of ethical values and live them out, then people will respect them, not just their position. Immature leaders try to use their position to drive high performance.”
― John C. Maxwell, The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential

“The main reason we weren't making progress is when focusing on people's weaknesses. If you want to develop people, you must help them discover and build upon their strengths. That's where people have the most potential to grow.”
― John C. Maxwell, The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential

“No matter where you are in your leadership journey, never forget that what got you to where you are won't get you to the next level.”
― John C. Maxwell, The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential

“To be effective, leaders must always be learners. You can never arrive - you can only strive to get better.”
― John C. Maxwell, The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential

“Leaders who have reached the top of their profession or the top of their organization cannot take anything for granted. No matter how good they've been in the past, they still need to strategize, weigh decisions, plan, and execute at a high level.”
― John C. Maxwell, The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential

“As you release tasks to the leaders you're developing, you need to trust them, believe in them, and hold them accountable.”
― John C. Maxwell, The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential

“Progress always requires change.”
― John C. Maxwell, The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential

“You must think of people before you try to achieve progress. To do that as a permissional leader, you must exhibit a consistent mood, maintain an optimistic attitude, possess a listening ear, and present to others your authentic self.”
― John C. Maxwell, The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential

“As a leader, my goal is to help people, not make them happy.”
― John C. Maxwell, The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential

“If you want to become a better leader, let go of control and start fostering cooperation. Good leaders stop bossing people around and start encouraging them. That is the secret to being a people-oriented leader, because much of leadership is encouragement.”
― John C. Maxwell, The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential

“The leader is the servant who removes the obstacles that prevent people from doing their jobs.”
― John C. Maxwell, The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential

“ahead with others unless they are willing to get behind others. How can we do that? How can we become more likable? By doing the following: Make a choice to care about others. Liking people and caring about people is a choice within your control. If you haven’t already, make that choice. Look for something that is likable about every person you meet. It’s there. Make it your job to find it. Discover what is likable about yourself and do whatever you can to share that with every person you meet. Make the effort every day to express what you like about every person in your life.”
― John C. Maxwell, The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential

“Remain Approachable As a Leader, Role Model, and Coach:”
― John C. Maxwell, The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential

“Create a Personal Development Process:”
― John C. Maxwell, The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential

“Commit to Spend the Time Needed to Develop Leaders:”
― John C. Maxwell, The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential

“Recruit the Best People You Can to Develop:”
― John C. Maxwell, The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential

“Work Through Your Insecurities:”
― John C. Maxwell, The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential

“Decide that People Are Worth the Effort:”
― John C. Maxwell, The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential

“I state in my book Put Your Dream to the Test that the more valid reasons a person has to achieve their dream, the higher the odds are that they will. Valid reasons also increase the odds that a person will follow through with personal growth.”
― John C. Maxwell, The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential

“Nadie logra algo grande dando lo mínimo. Ningún equipo gana campeonatos sin hacer sacrificios y sin esforzarse al máximo.”
― John C. Maxwell, Los 5 Niveles de Liderazgo: Demonstrados Pasos para Maximizar su Potencial