Quotes from John C. Maxwell

In most cases, those who want power probably shouldn't have it, those who enjoy it probably do so for the wrong reasons, and those who want most to hold on to it don't understand that it's only temporary.

People dont care what you know until they know what you care

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

You can't move people to action unless you first move them with emotion.... The heart comes before the head.

You see, when our attitudes outdistance our abilities, even the impossible becomes possible.

People are never able to outperform their self-image.

Dreams don't work unless you do

It's good to be out of your comfort zone. Just don't step out of your gift zone.

Attitude is the first quality that marks the successful man. If he has a positive attitude and is a positive thinker, who likes challenges and difficult situations, then he has half his success achieved.

It's better to prepare than to repair.

When you realize that people treat you according to how they see themselves rather than how you really are, you are less likely to be affected by their behavior.

A dream becomes a reality as a result of your actions, and your actions are controlled, to a large extent, by your habits.

A person who knows how may always have a job, but the person who knows why will always be his boss.

First, when we are busy, we naturally believe that we are achieving. But busyness does not equal productivity. Activity is not necessarily accomplishment. Second, prioritizing requires leaders to continually think ahead, to know what's important, to know what's next, to see how everything relates to the overall vision. That's hard work. Third, prioritizing causes us to do things that are at the least uncomfortable and sometimes downright painful.

The leader's Attitude is like a thermostat for the place she works. If her attitude is good, the atmosphere is pleasant, and the environment is easy to work in. But if her attitude is bad, the temperature is insufferable.

If you're not failing, you're probably not really moving forward.

God uses people who fail—'cause there aren't any other kind around.

Comparing yourself to others is really just a needless distraction. The only one you should compare yourself to is you. Your mission is to become better today than you were yesterday. You do that by focusing on what you can do today to improve and grow.

Many people view leadership the same way they view success, hoping to go as far as they can, to climb the ladder, to achieve the highest position possible for their talent. But contrary to conventional thinking, I believe the bottom line in leadership isn't how far we advance ourselves but how far we advance others. That is achieved by serving others and adding value to their lives.

Where success is concerned, people are not measured in inches, or pounds, or college degrees, or family background; they are measured by the size of their thinking.

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight." —Jim Rohn

French essayist Michel Eyquem de Montaigne wrote, "The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them; a man may live long yet live very little." The truth is that you can spend your life any way you want, but you can spend it only once.

Thinking is hard work; that's why so few do it.

It is easier to move from failure to success in from excuses to success.