John C. Maxwell Quotes

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

Vision with action is a daydream; action without vision is a nightmare.

You can have the best product in the world, you can have the best motivation in the world, you can have best education in the world, you can have all the money in the world - but if you don't have direction, you'll never go anywhere.

Resources follow vision.

Coaches need to have a vision.

Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there.

We need to take advantage of the opportunity we have now to create a vision and become great.

A captain who does not know where he wants to sail, there is no wind on Earth that will bring him there.

A leader is the one who can outline the broad vision and the direction, and say here's where we are going to go, here's why we need to go there, and here's how we are going to get there. A manager is the one who actually gets up under the hood and tunes the carburetor.

You've got to have a vision. You've got to have a message.

There is something to this vision thing.

Vision without execution is hallucination.

Vision without execution is delusion.

If one has no compass, when one doesn't know where one stands and where one wants to go, one can deduce that one has no leadership or interest in shaping events.

You need to cultivate your passion and crystallize your vision. If you don't know where you're going, how are you going to plan a road-map for how to get there?

You can have X's and O's, you can have talent, but if you don't have a vision, it won't work.

If the vision is not right and if the right group of players is not together, it doesn't come together.

I think it helps if you have a clear vision of what you want.

Winners can tell you where they are going and what they plan to do along the way.

If you don't have a vision, nothing happens.

I think the first and most important thing is that you've got to have a goal and a vision.

To begin with the end in mind means to start with a clear understanding of your destination. It means to know where you're going so that you better understand where you are now and so that the steps you take are always in the right direction.

You've got to think about big things while you're doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.

Leadership is working with goals and vision; management is working with objectives.

Without vision, even the most focused passion is a battery without a device.