John C. Maxwell Quotes

Success is a continuing thing. It is growth and development. It is achieving one thing and using that as a stepping stone to achieve something else.

A person who has a dream knows what he is willing to give up in order to go up.

Dont ever be impressed with goal setting; be impressed with goal getting. Reaching new goals and moving to a higher level of performance always requires change, and change feels awkward. But take comfort in the knowledge that if a change doesn't feel uncomfortable, then it's propably not really a change.

Everyone has the potential to become an encourager. You don't have to be rich. You don't have to be a genius. You don't have to have it all together. All you have to do is care about people and initiate.

Good executives never put off until tomorrow what they can get someone else to do today.

Every person has a longing to be significant; to make a contribution; to be a part of something noble and purposeful.

Where there is no hope in the future, there is no power in the present.

A sense of responsibility is the clearest indication of mature leadership.

I would rather be viewed by the reader as I'm just taking a journey with you, and here's what I'm learning, what are you learning? Oh, you do this better than me. Than to be viewed as kind of like an authority.

Failure is an inside job. So is success. If you want to achieve, you have to win the war in your thinking first. You can't let the failure outside you get inside you.

Most people who decide to grow personally find their first mentors in the pages of books.

A leader's lasting value is measured by succession.

There are two paths people can take. They can either play now and pay later, or pay now and play later. Regardless of the choice, one thing is certain. Life will demand a payment.

Your success stops where your character stops. You can never rise above the limitations of your character.

You can easily determine the caliber of a person by the amount of opposition it takes to discourage him or her.

We overestimate the event and underestimate the process. Every fulfilled dream occurred because of dedication to the process.

We choose what attitudes we have right now. And it's a continuing choice.

All visions begin with relationships. My relationship with God is where I receive the vision; my relationship with my people is where I give the vision. If those relationships aren't what they could be or should be, on either side, the receiving or the giving out, the vision is going to be aborted.

People will not follow a leader who does not have confidence in himself.

God will give to you what He knows will flow through you.

Self-centered leaders manipulate when they move people for personal benefit. Mature leaders motivate by moving people for mutual benefit.

Don't hide bad news. With multiple information channels available, bad news always becomes known. Be candid right from the start.

Behind every great idea is someone saying "It won't work"

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

The leader is there for the people, not the people for the leader

I tell a person, "If I could go home with you tomorrow and you and I could spend the day together from maybe 8:00 to 6:00, and we went out to a restaurant at 6:30, I could tell you with a high degree of accuracy how successful you're going to be." That's huge because I'm just going to look and see, what kind of attitude do you have, how do you relate to people, how well do you prioritize your life? I'm going to see all of those things in the process of a day.

Everything begins with a decision. Then, we have to manage that decision for the rest of your life.

A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.

Generally speaking, there are two kinds of learning: experience, which is gained from your own mistakes, and wisdom, which is learned from the mistakes of others.

A person sometimes can't make a decision unless they know what decision to make.

The sum of all your thoughts comprises your overall attitude.

We have many years to eat and sleep, but how many years do we have to make a difference in the lives of others? That's the highest calling any of us can have: Living our life so as to intentionally add value to others. But to do this, we have to make ourselves more valuable. We have to keep learning, growing, developing as leaders and taking responsibility for being the change we want to see in the world.

If a person doesn't govern his temper, his temper will govern him.

Are you a thinker, a doer, or a clutch player? The better you are, the greater potential for influence you will have with your people.

Everything is a tradeoff. Everywhere you leave, you leave some good things. The more successful you are, the harder it is to make tradeoffs. That's why some people become successful and then become flat. Be willing to give up income for potential, for opportunity.

If you wait until you feel like doing something, you will likely never accomplish it.

Understanding people certainly impacts your ability to communicate with others.

Successful leaders have the courage to take action while others hesitate.

The secret of successful people lies in their ability to discover their strengths and to organize their life so that these strengths can be applied.

A person's level of income and their desire to give have nothing to do with one another.

Don't buy into the notion that mistakes can somehow be avoided. They can't be.

All of the people in my life whom I consider to be close friends or colleagues are good thinkers.

The longer you wait to do something you should do now, the greater the odds that you will never actually do it.

To help people believe they can achieve victory, put them in a position to experience small successes.

People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.

When you face discouragement, you can do one of two things, and the one you choose will color your perspective. You can look at others to place the blame, or you can look at yourself to discover your opportunities. The choice is yours.

All things being equal, attitude wins. All things not being equal, attitude sometimes still wins.

Life doesn't do anything to you. It only reveals your spirit.