Inspirational Quotes by John C. Maxwell
“If you want to live a life that matters, don’t start when you get good; start now so you become good.”
“Children now log about twenty-two thousand hours watching television by age nineteen, more than twice the time spent in school.3”
“You can't make the other fellow feel important in your presence if you secretly feel that he is a nobody.”
“Every time he chooses character, he becomes stronger, even if that choice brings negative consequences.”
“The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious. —John Sculley Former CEO of Pepsi and Apple Computer”
“part of the parenting process is helping children understand that they are not the center of the universe.”
“Expecting the world to treat you fairly just because you’re a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to charge you because you’re a vegetarian”
“Management has no power. Management has only responsibility.” I”
“Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.”
“ACT16.37 But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.”
“Goethe recommended, “Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them become what they are capable of becoming.”
“Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. James 4:14”
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“Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. He told them, 'This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.”
“pr.6.16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:† pr.6.17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,† pr.6.18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, pr.6.19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.”
“And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.”
“Remember that success is just 15 percent product knowledge and it’s 85 percent people knowledge.”
“La motivación siempre es directamente proporcional al nivel de expectativa”. —Denis Waitley”
“The longest distance between two points is a shortcut.” That’s really true. For everything of value in life, you pay a price.”
“«La confianza se construye un ladrillo a la vez, pero si se destruye, toda la pared se viene al suelo».”
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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).