Max DePree > Quotes

“In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be, by remaining what we are.”
― Max Depree, Leadership Is an Art

“We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet; and amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog has made an alliance with us.”
― Max Depree

“We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.”
― Max Depree

“The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you.”
― Max DePree

“Earning trust is not easy, nor is it cheap, nor does it happen quickly. Earning trust is hard and demanding work. Trust comes only with genuine effort, never with a lick and a promise.”
― Max De Pree, Leading Without Power: Finding Hope in Serving Community

“We cannot become what we want to be by remaining what we are.”
― Max DePree

“We can teach ourselves to see things the way they ARE. Only with vision can we begin to see things the way they CAN BE.”
― Max De Pree, Leading Without Power: Finding Hope in Serving Community

“Sometimes we think we're a little too gifted to show up, yo uknow. But none of us truly is...By avoiding risk we really risk what's most important in life---reaching toward growth, our potential, and a true contribution to a common good.”
― Max De Pree, Leading Without Power: Finding Hope in Serving Community

“The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between the two, the leader must become a servant and a debtor. That sums up the progress of an artful leader.”
― Max DePree

“The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.”
― Max De Pree

“The art of leadership, as Max says, is “liberating people to do what is required of them in the most effective and humane way possible.” Thus, the leader is the “servant” of his followers in that he removes the obstacles that prevent them from doing their jobs.”
― Max DePree, Leadership Is an Art

“Channeled correctly and integrated properly, our diversity can be our greatest strength.”
― Max DePree

“Only a group of people who share a body of knowledge and continually learn together can stay vital and viable.”
― Max DePree, Leadership Is an Art

“(Productive Workers + Innovative Products = Industry Leadership, no?)”
― Max DePree, Leadership Is an Art

“Notice I did not say what people can do--what we can do is merely a consequence of what we can be.”
― Max DePree

“The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between the two, the leader must become a servant and a debtor. That sums up the progress of an artful leader. Concepts”
― Max DePree, Leadership Is an Art

“I don’t come with the wheelchair. The wheelchair comes with me.”
― Max DePree, Leadership Is an Art