Inspirational Quotes by John C. Maxwell
“wisdom is knowing the right path to take. Integrity is taking it.”
“All true leaders have learned to say no to the good in order to say yes to the best.”
“when you find yourself, you find your audience.”
“Failure isn't failure if you do better the next time.”
“Think, Act, Talk, and Conduct Yourself Like the Person You Want to Become”
“You have not lived a perfect day, unless you have done something for someone who will never be able to repay you. No man becomes rich unless he enriches others.”
“You may have a million reasons not to get started now. In a month or a year or five years from now, you may have only one regret - that you didn't start now.”
“Each day is an unrepeatable miracle. Today will never happen again, so we must make it count.”
“Individuals score points, but teams win games. In The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork, individuals will learn how to score more points so their teams will win more games.”
“Nobody wanders his or her way to a dream, and nobody achieves a dream by accident. Don't shortcut the process and risk cheating yourself out of your dream!”
― John C. Maxwell ,
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“Life begins at the end of our comfort zone. We go there by stretching.”
“Cartoonist Henri Arnold said, “The wise man questions himself, the fool others.”
“The more you engage in good thinking, the more good thoughts you will continue to think. As playwright Victor Hugo asserted, "An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an invasion of ideas.”
― John C. Maxwell ,
“1. Experience: People who have been down the road of life and understand it. 2. Heart for God: People who place God first and uphold His values. 3. Objectivity: People who see the pros and cons of the issues. 4. Love for people: People who love others and value them more than things. 5. Complementary gifts: People who bring diverse gifts to the relationship. 6. Loyalty to the leader: People who truly love and are concerned for the leader. The Maxwell Leadership Bible”
“Learn to be flexible. Thomas Jefferson once said, “In matters of principle, stand like a rock. In matters of taste, swim with the current.”
“Discernment can be described as the ability to find the root of the matter, and it relies on intuition as well as rational thought.”
― John C. Maxwell ,
“Don't wait for the perfect opportunity. Just take an opportunity and make it as perfect as you can.”
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“By pointing out the errors of others, we strive to elevate ourselves above them.”
“People who embrace possibility thinking are capable of accomplishing tasks that seem impossible because they believe in solutions.”
“You can’t take the team to the next level when you haven’t mastered the skills it takes to succeed on a personal level.”
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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).