Inspirational Quotes by John C. Maxwell

“When you give of yourself, it benefits you, the organization, and the receiver.”

“I recently read about a man who kept a Thanksgiving journal for his wife. What a great idea. So starting that day, I kept a Thanksgiving journal for Margaret. I paid attention to the things my wife was doing that touched my heart. I also recorded the attributes, characteristics, and qualities I appreciated in her, writing them down secretly every day. By the end of that year, I’d filled an entire journal. When the following Thanksgiving rolled around, I surprised her by giving her the journal. It made her cry, and she told me it was the best gift she’d ever received. What was most interesting is that the whole process affected me even more than it did her. Creating the journal prompted me to look for all the positive things I could find in my wife, which directed my focus away from anything negative. It was a great win for both of us.”

“It’s like the mom who told the little kid to sit down in the grocery cart at the supermarket. He kept standing up and she kept telling him to sit down. Finally she reprimanded him firmly enough that he sat down. She heard him whisper to himself as he was scrambling down, “I may be sitting down on the outside, but I’m standing up on the inside!” When”

“Лучшим учителем является не просто опыт, а проанализированный опыт.”

“Во-первых, нужно узнать самого себя. Цель вашей жизни должна основываться на ваших достоинствах. Изучите свои сильные стороны — и вы сможете найти свое призвание. Если вы их не узнаете, у вас будет очень мало шансов обрести смысл жизни.”

“You can’t change where you started, but you can change the direction you are going. It’s not what you are going to do, but it’s what you are doing now that counts.” —NAPOLEON HILL”

“Successful leaders are like icebergs. When you look at an iceberg, you see only about 10 percent of it, and the rest of it is hidden under the water. When you look at successful leaders, you see only a fraction of their lives. You see the part that looks really good, but there’s usually a lot that remains hidden that’s neither exciting nor glamorous. Tennis star Arthur Ashe said, “True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever the cost.” True leadership is the same.”

“El primer paso hacia el cambio es la conciencia. El segundo paso es la aceptación”.”

“One of the most important things you can do as a leader is make sure you and your organization are delivering what you promised. The question I ask to make an assessment of this is “Did we exceed expectations?” This ensures my future success and that of my organization. The future is dim professionally for anyone who doesn’t exceed the expectations of customers or clients.”

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

“Be more concerned about making others feel good about themselves than you are making them feel good about you.”

“Now Samuel was a very successful judge. In 1 Samuel 3:19–20 it is said of him, “The Lord was with Samuel as he grew up, and he let none of his words fall to the ground. And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba recognized that Samuel was attested as a prophet of the Lord” (NIV). Yet, Samuel watched the nation that he loved and led turn from the purposes of God. As God’s chosen people, the Israelites were never meant to have a king; God was to be their king. But because Samuel failed to rear his sons in the fear of the Lord, Israel rejected the rule of God over them. In 1 Samuel 8:1–5 we read, And it came about when Samuel was old that he appointed his sons judges over Israel. Now the name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judging in Beersheba. His sons, however, did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain and took bribes and perverted justice. Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah; and they said to him, “Behold, you have grown old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king for us to judge us like all the nations.”

“El nivel más básico del liderazgo es el nivel de la Posición. ¿Por qué este es el nivel más bajo? Porque la Posición representa el liderazgo antes de que un líder haya desarrollado ninguna influencia real en las personas que son lideradas”

“Servant leaders should listen without judgment, be authentic, build community, share power, and develop people.6”

“The one thing you need to know about teamwork is that there is more than one thing you need to know about teamwork.”

“«¿Cuál es la diferencia entre un obstáculo y una oportunidad? Nuestra actitud hacia él. Toda oportunidad tiene una dificultad y toda dificultad tiene una oportunidad».1”

“You are nothing unless it comes from your heart. Passion, caring, really looking to create excellence. If you perform functions only and go to work only to do processes, then you are effectively retired. And it scares me—most people I see, by age twenty-eight are retired.”

“While trying is filled with good intentions, doing is the result of intentional living.”

“There are three questions you need to ask and answer to test your readiness to be a catalyst for significance,” Jim replied. “They are: Can you be the best in the world at what you do? Are you passionate about what you are doing? Do you have the resources to change your world?”

“Let me help you by telling you something you need to know. You won’t do well the first time you do anything. You don’t know what you’re doing when you start. Nobody is good at the beginning of doing something new. Get over it.”