John C. Maxwell Quotes

The more credible you are, the more confidence people place in you, thereby allowing you the privilege of influencing their lives.

Always take the high road.

Make a point to continually search for a better way of doing things, even when things are going well, to ensure that a better alternative has not been overlooked and to keep your creative talents in practice.

If you don't have the ability to see when to stand up and the conviction to do it, you'll never be an effective leader.

Anybody who thinks that they are a leader and doesn't have anyone following them is just out for a walk.

When the pastor and his or her church have a vision, they will put their energy, time, money, and personnel into achieving it.

Like every person, every thought has the potential to become something great.

You cannot enjoy others until you enjoy yourself because you cannot give to others what you do not have.

Praise them for what they do well, both privately and publicly.

I want to always be viewed by my readers as a friend and not as an authority or an expert.

Tomorrow's destiny becomes today's direction.

You will be remembered in life only for your passions!

Business schools reward complex behavior but it's the simple behavior that makes you successful in life

Experience isn't the best teacher - evaluated experience is.

True leadership cannot be awarded, appointed, or assigned. It comes only from Influence.

A minute of thought is greater than an hour of talk.

Profile of a winning team - They play to win. They have a winning attitude. They keep improving. They make their teammates more successful.

The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.

Leaders must live by higher standards than their followers.

The person who insists on using yesterday's methods in today's world won't be in business tomorrow

The whole idea of motivation is a trap, forget motivation, just do it

The greatest detriment to many people's success tomorrow is their thinking today.

Successful people do what is right no matter how they feel, and by doing right, they feel good.

Exceptionally hard decisions can deplete your energy to the point at which you finally cave in. If you mentally crumble and degenerate into negative thinking, you'll magnify the problem to the point where it can haunt you.

Image is what people think we are. Integrity is what we really are.

Leadership deals with people and their dynamics, which are continually changing. The challenge of leadership is to create change and facilitate growth.

If your job is not making a difference in this world, by all means, get out there and find something else ... You’ll find a sense of making a difference through your work if you simply look for it.

Give God the first part of every day. Give God the first day of every week. Give God the first portion of your income. Give God the first consideration in every decision. Give God the first place in your life.

Failing forward is the ability to get back up after you've been knocked down, learn from your mistake, and move forward in a better direction.

Stay focus on what God has assigned me to do. Keep my mind on what I am doing/

Tenacious people don't rely on luck, fate, or destiny for their success. And when conditions become difficult, they keep working.

Stay focused instead of getting offended or off track by others.

Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.

As you interact with others, remember this: anytime a person's response is larger than the issue at hand, the response is almost always about something else.

Not everybody who has a vision is a leader, but every leader has a vision.

To go nowhere, follow the crowd.

Change means traveling in uncharted waters and this causes our securities to rise.

Adversity is prosperity to those who possess a great attitude.

Birds of a feather really do flock together.

Be generous, be humble, and be grateful when achieving your dreams.

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them. This sequence is something that all achievers have in common. They do not see a mistake is as their failure; rather it is simply a learning experience. Achievers view a mistake as an opportunity to do something over again and do it right the second time. A mistake is simply the price they pay to achieve success.

Circumstances do not make you what you are, they reveal what you are.

I say, make the decision, and as soon as you make the decision, the rest of your life you just manage that decision on a daily basis.

Now what I do is I manage that decision. And I teach them in the book how - know what decision to make and then how to manage those decisions. It's a very - it's a personal growth book [Today Matters]; that's what it is.

Mistakes are the stepping stones to success.

Live to learn and you will really learn to live.

We must focus on prayer as the main thrust to accomplish God's will and purpose on earth. The forces against us have never been greater, and this is the only way we can release God's power to become victorious

You must do right before you feel good.