Quotes from John C. Maxwell

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.

Although it's admirable to be ambitious and hard-working, it's more desirable to be smart-working.

We were created for meaningful work, and one of life's greatest pleasures is the satisfaction of a job well done.

Dreams don't work unless you do

You will never fulfill your destiny doing work you despise.

Without failure there is no achievement.

People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.

A measure of a leader is not the number of people who serve him, but the number of people he serves.

People don't care how much you know until they know how much you are.

Insecure leaders think everything is about them, and as a result, every action, every piece of information, every decision is put through their filter of self-centeredness.

A successful person finds the right place for himself. But a successful leader finds the right place for others.

The goal of all learning is action, not knowledge.

The ultimate step in taking responsibility is making sure our actions line up with our words.

Personnel determines the potential of the team. Vision determines the direction of the team. Work ethic determines the preparation of the team. Leadership determines the success of the team.

Someone once defined hard work as the accumulation of the easy things you didn't do when you should have.

No matter if you're just starting out or if you are at the peak of your career, the more you work in your strength zone, the more successful you will be.

If you are a leader, the true measure of your success is not getting people to work. It's not getting people to work hard. It is getting people to work hard together. That takes commitment.

Your attitude is like the minds paintbrush. It can paint everything in bright, vibrant colors-creating a masterspiece.

Great leaders understand that the right attitude will set the right atmosphere, which enables the right response from others.

Rotten Attitudes ruin a team.

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

Once our minds are 'tattooed' with negative thinking, our chances for long-term success diminish.

The sum of all your thoughts comprises your overall attitude.

We are responsible for our attitudes.