Summary: Everyone Communicates, Few Connect John C. Maxwell

Management is about persuading people to do things they do not want to do, while leadership is about inspiring people to do things they never thought they could.”

– Steve Jobs, CEO, Apple Computer

good teacher explains. The great teacher demonstrates.”

“The first time you say something, it’s heard. The second time, it’s recognized, and the third time, it’s learned.”

– William Rastetter, CEO IDEC Pharmaceuticals

“All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.”

– Winston Churchill,

When I’m getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say – and two thirds thinking about him and what he is going to say.”

– Abraham Lincoln

I’m curious about everything. I often ask my favorite question, ‘Why?’ On my television show, I probably use this word more than any other. It’s the greatest question ever asked, and it always will be. And it is certainly the surest way of keeping a conversation lively and interesting.”

– Larry King, broadcaster and television host

What you are speaks so loudly that I can’t hear what you say.”

– Ralph Waldo Emerson