Quotes from John C. Maxwell

There is no such thing as a perfect flawless attitude.

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

To be a leader you must be able to create positive change.

A leader's attitude is caught by his or her followers more quickly than his or her actions.

Confidence is a characteristic of a positive attitude. The greatest achievers and leaders remain confident regardless of circumstances.

Leaders are less interested in their position and more interested in their positive impact on others.

If your face is going to "talk" for you anyway, you might as well have it communicate something positive.

Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others.

God chooses what we go through; we choose how we go through it.

At the beginning, all we have is the vision. At that point God expects us to begin walking in obedience according to the dream He has given us.

When we trust God, He can make the ordinary extraordinary!

God doesn't move until we move first.

Brokenness involves removing inappropriate pride and self-reliance and building healthy God-reliance.

Let God talk to you and minister to you, where you get honest with Him - here's what I do well and don't do well; here are my shortcomings, my strengths, and my gifts.

God gives us resources according to our dreams and according to our obedience. And God doesn't give those resources until we've started walking in obedience.

God gives us the vision, then He expects us to walk in obedience. As we do, the resources we need come to us.

Many pastors fail to see God's vision fulfilled because they never have a strategy for fulfilling that vision.

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

God will give to you what He knows will flow through you.

Look behind you: What have you learned? Look around you: What is happening to others? Look above you: What does God expect of you? Look besides you: What resources are available to you?

Always turn to God in the midst of your struggle and view people who offended you as an instruments of divine sovereignty.

My potential is what God gives me - that's His gift to me - what I give back to Him is what I do with that potential.

People are not going to give you a vision, but God can.

Learn to say 'no' to the good so you can say 'yes' to the best.