John C. Maxwell Quotes

If you don't want responsibility, don't sit in the big chair. To be successful, you must accept full responsibility

You can't defer if you're the person who's in the leadership position.

When the decision is up before you-and on my desk I have a motto which says "The buck stops here"-the decision has to be made.

When you accept a leadership role, you take on extra responsibility for your actions toward others.

When you are captain, you are never speaking for yourself.

When a man assumes leadership, he forfeits the right to mercy.

When you find yourself in a position of leadership, people follow your every move … When the leader talks, people listen. When the leader acts, people watch. So you have to be careful about everything you say and everything you do

As a company commander you have absolute definitions: the mission, the people.

When you're in a leadership role, you can never please all of the people all of the time. There's also a lot of responsibility that goes along with it that others may not realize.

I take responsibility for everything that happens in the SNP as leader.

There is no other job in major sport like a cricket captain. It is a huge job.

I'm used to the natural role of a quarterback where everyone looks to you.

Being a captain means a lot - it's not just about wearing the armband.

Being the leader of a division is a pressure, but it's one that I feel I am ready for.

It is important to have leadership groups, but at the end of the day I need to be taking the call because I'm responsible for the team and I should know exactly what I'm doing and I believe in that.

I have really enjoyed the responsibility of leading the team and making the decisions out there.

As captain, you take a little bit more on board than probably just being a player.

I think associate director jobs are the best in the world, because you can do what you want and not have to take responsibility for it!

Being the leader means you have to make life or death decisions sometimes.

Any government will work if authority and responsibility are equal and coordinate. This does not insure “good” government, it simply insures that it will work. But such governments are rare — most people want to run things, but want no part of the blame. This used to be called the “backseat driver” syndrome.

Leading the party is a privilege not a right.

The responsibility will always go with the manager - you put out the team.

In the end leaders are leaders. They get the credit and they get the blame.

The buck stops with me, but I can tick off dozens of very good senior executives that are responsible for hundreds or thousands of people who work for me.

Leadership is stewardship, it's temporary and you're accountable!