Quotes from John C. Maxwell

There are two kinds of people in this world: those who want to get things done and those who don't want to make mistakes.

As Thomas Jefferson proclaimed, "In matters of fashion, swim with the current. In matters of conscience, stand like a rock.

Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.

There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb himself." —Andrew Carnegie

The first important step in weathering failure is learning not to personalize it.

To lead any way other than by example, we send a fuzzy picture of leadership to others. If we work on improving ourselves first and make that our primary mission, then others are more likely to follow.

If at First You Do Succeed, Try Something Harder

You cannot kindle afire in any other heart until it is burning within your -ELEANOR DOAN

It's not the position that makes the leader; it's the leader that makes the position.

When special people touch our lives then suddenly we see how beautiful and wonderful our world can really be. They show us that our special hopes and dreams can take us far by helping us look inward and believe in who we are. They bless us with their love and joy through everything they give. When special people touch our lives they teach us how to live.

If you want to do a few small things right, do them yourself. If you want to do great things and make a big impact, learn to delegate.

For the person trying to do everything alone, the game really is over. If you want to do something big, you must link up with others. One is too small a number to achieve greatness. That's the Law of Significance.

Good things happen to a team when a player takes the place where he adds the most value. Great things happen when all the players on the team take the role that maximizes their strengths—their talent, skill, and experience.

Never complain about what you allow.

I strongly encourage you to find a place to think and to discipline yourself to pause and use it, because it has the potential to change your life. It can help you to figure out what's really important and what isn't. As writer and Catholic priest Henri J. M. Nouwen observed, "When you are able to create a lonely place in the middle of your actions and concerns, your successes and failures slowly can lose some of their power over you.

You must reject common thinking if you want to accomplish uncommon results.

greatest enemy to tomorrow's success is sometimes today's success.

If you want to reach your potential and become the person you were created to be, you must do much more than just experience life and hope that you learn what you need along the way. You must go out of your way to seize growth opportunities as if your future depended on it.

When you accomplish something that you once believed was impossible, it makes you a new person. It changes the way you see yourself and the world.

While we don't always get what we want, we always get what we choose.

There isn't anyone you couldn't learn to love once you've heard their story." —Fred Rogers

Managers work with processes—leaders work with people.

The book you don't read can't help you; the seminar you won't attend can't change your life. The business gets better when you get better. Never wish it were easier, wish you were better.

You cannot always control what happens to you, but you can control what happens in you.