Inspirational Quotes by John C. Maxwell
“Whoever has My commandments and keeps them loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and show Myself to him.”
“Being cheerful keeps you healthy. It is slow death to be gloomy all the time.”
“But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.”
“The heart is deceitful above all things and desperated wicked: who can know it?”
“It is not fancy hair, gold jewelry, or fine clothes that should make you beautiful. No, your beauty should come from within you - the beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit. This beauty will never disappear, and it is worth very much to God. Peter 3:3-4”
“I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength.” Philippians 4:12-13”
“Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much”
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“Every good & perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the Heavenly Lights.”
“Everyone is a leader because everyone influences someone.”
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“A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others do." (Leroy Eims)”
“People with humility don’t think less of themselves; they just think of themselves less.”
“The longer you wait to do something you should do now, the greater the odds that you will never actually do it.”
“I've gone to prepare a place for you But I will come back again.”
“Look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.”
“Entreat me not to leave you, Or to turn back from following after you; For wherever you go, I will go; And wherever you lodge, I will lodge; Your people shall be my people, And your God, my God. 17 Where you die, I will die, And there will I be buried. The LORD do so to me, and more also, If anything but death parts you and me”
“He who sows discord in his own house will inherit the wind. Proverbs 11:19”
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“Thinking is hard work; that’s why so few do it.”
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John C. Maxwell (born 1947) is an evangelical Christian author, speaker, and pastor who has written more than 50 books, primarily focusing on leadership.
His organizations have trained 2 million leaders worldwide. Every year he speaks to Fortune 500 companies, international government leaders, and audiences as diverse as the United States Military Academy at West Point, the National Football League, and ambassadors at the United Nations.
John C. Maxwell was born in Garden City, Michigan. His father, Melvin, was a minister in a local Wesleyan church. Maxwell followed his father into the ministry, completing a Bachelor's degree at Ohio Christian University in 1969, a Master of Divinity degree at Azusa Pacific University, and a Doctor of Ministry degree at Fuller Theological Seminary. Maxwell has received five honorary doctorates of divinity (including ones from the California Graduate School of Theology and Liberty University).