Quotes from John C. Maxwell

If you want to win over another person, first win his heart, and the rest of him is likely to follow.

distinct vision, a precise plan, plenty of resources, and incredible leadership, but if you don't have the right people, you're not going to get anywhere.

Leadership is getting people to work for you when they are not obligated." —Fred W. Smith

Life lived for tomorrow will always be a day away from being realized.

A person with a negative self-image will expect the worst, damage relationships, and find others who are similarly negative.

people with charisma possess an outward focus instead of an inward one. They pay attention to other people, and they desire to add value to them.

be sure your communication goes beyond words. How can you do that? By connecting on four levels: visually, intellectually, emotionally, and verbally.

There is no achievement without failure.

Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities he does not possess.

Followers tell you what you want to hear. Leaders tell you what you need to hear.

how we view a person is reflected by how we treat a person.

H. Nelson Jackson said, "I do not believe you can do today's job with yesterday's methods and be in business tomorrow.

Each day is an unrepeatable miracle. Today will never happen again, so we must make it count.

When it comes to identifying a real leader, that task can be much easier. Don't listen to the claims of the person professing to be the leader. Don't examine his credentials. Don't check his title. Check his influence. The proof of leadership is found in the followers. I

When you like people and treat them like individuals who have value, you begin to develop influence with them. You develop trust.

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance. It is the illusion of knowledge." Many

Confidence equals contentment with self; contentment is knowing you have all you need for the present circumstances.

To reach your potential you must grow. And to grow, you must be highly intentional about it.

you should not be led by popular opinion;

Contentment is taking your present situation—whatever obstacles you are facing, whatever limitation you are living with, whatever chronic condition wears you down, whatever has smashed your dreams, whatever factors and circumstances in life tend to push you under—and admitting you don't like it but never saying, "I can't cope with it.

The only thing that walks back from the tomb with the mourners and refuses to be buried is the character of a man. This is true. What a man is survives him. It can never be buried. -J. R. MILLER

The happiest people are those who have invested their time in others. The unhappiest people are those who wonder how the world is going to make them happy.

To do well at a few things, give up many things.

Most of us think wonderful things about people, but they never know it. Too many of us tend to be tight-fisted with our praise. It's of no value if all you do is think it; it becomes valuable when you impart it.