John C. Maxwell Quotes

We often wait for the resources before we make a move.

When you are full of pride on the inside, it makes you stiff, stubborn, and creates strife with others.

If you want to lead people, you have to let them come up close.

To collaborative team members, completing one another is more important than competing with one another.

You either spend your life preparing or you spend your life repairing.

Difficulties seldom defeat people; lack of faith in themselves usually does it.

When problems confront successful leaders, they get excited about the opportunity.

What you give to help others, builds them up enough that they are able to give to others. It's a cycle that can continue on long after you're dead and gone.

Leadership is developed daily, not in a day.

People who love life have charisma because they fill the room with positive energy.

I want to make a difference with people who want to make a difference, doing something that makes a difference.

If you're going to play together as a team, you've got to care for one another. you've got to love each other.

The Visalus Founders are the finest and sharpest young leaders that I have ever met.

Inability to make decisions is one of the principal reasons executives fail.

When the dream is right for the person and the person is right for the dream, the two cannot be separated from each other.

The whole idea of motivation is a trap. Forget motivation. Just do it. Exercise, lose weight, test your blood sugar, or whatever. Do it without motivation. And then, guess what? After you start doing the thing, that's when the motivation comes and makes it easy for you to keep on doing it.

Good thinkers always prime the pump of ideas. They always look for things to get the thinking process started, because what you put in always impacts what comes out.

Poem by Howard A. Walter (Character) I would be true, for there are those who trust me; I would be pure, for there are those who care; I would be strong, for there are those who suffer; I would be brave, for there is much to dare. I would be friend of all--- the foe, the friendless; I would be giving, and forget the gift; I would be humble, for I know my weakness; I would look up, and laugh, and love, and lift.

Anyone who loves his opinions more than his teammates will advance his opinions but set back his team.

The best way to help people is to see the best in them.

If you want to lead you must learn. If you want to continue to lead you must continue to learn.

Attitude isn’t everything, but it is one thing that can make a difference in your life.

We fail, not because of big problems, but because of small purposes.

It is the leader's job to hold hope high.

Inspiring others to do better work is the accomplishment of a leader.

If your vision doesn't cost you something, it's a daydream.

Integrity is the human quality most necessary to business success.

Ordinary people with commitment can make an extraordinary impact on the their world.

Effective leaders sacrifice much that is good in order to dedicate themselves to what is best

I think the hardest thing for a person is to know what those twelve things are that they need to work on that will bring the return of success to their life.

I've never known a person focused on yesterday to have a better tomorrow.

The greatest of all insights is that we cannot be tomorrow what we do not do today.

God uses people who fail - Cause there aren't any other kind around.

You can't become a leader in one conference.

You don't overcome challenges by making them smaller but by making yourself bigger.

The only thing a title can buy is a little time-either to increase your level of influence with others or to undermine it.

Conflict is like cancer; early detection increases the possibility of a healthy outcome.

One person seeking glory doesn't accomplish much. Success is the result of people pulling together to meet common goals.

You can't avoid fear. No magic potion will take it away. And you can't wait for motivation to get you going. To conquer fear, you have to feel the fear and take action anyway.

A manager says 'go,' but a leader says 'let's go'.

Talent is a gift, but our character is a choice. Talent is natural ability, our gift from God, but we have the power to determine our character. That power rests on a foundation consisting of the choices we make in life. And those choices almost always dictate the amount of trust others have in us, and to what level of leadership we rise.

Every person has seeds of greatness within, even though they may currently be dormant.

Have the humility to learn from those around you.

There's a tendency for us to think that the secret of our success is something that is mystical and maybe someday my time will come. And it's certainly out there somewhere; it's around the bend; it's at the top of the hill.

If you keep your mind active, regularly take on mental challenges, and continually think about the right things, you will develop the disciplined thinking that will help you with whatever you endeavor to do.

A good environment certainly makes it easier to grow. But whether you’re in a good environment or not, you can learn and improve where you are.

Success is achieved in inches, not miles.

If you want to be a sharp thinker, be around sharp people.