Quotes from John C. Maxwell

Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing. That is the Law of Consistency.

While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior. —HENRY C . L I NK

A cheerful heart is good medicine.

A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.

The Norwegians have a saying that I think captures their attitude: There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing.3

you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be.

Believe in the value of others. Carlisle said, "A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats the little man." The value you place on people determines whether you are a motivator or a manipulator of men.

Leadership has less to do with position than it does disposition.

If you know something without having lived it, your audience experiences a credibility gap.

God prepares leaders in a crockpot, not a microwave. More important than the awaited goal is the work God does in us while we wait. Waiting deepens and matures us, levels our perspective, and broadens our understanding. Tests of time determine whether we can endure seasons of seemingly unfruitful preparation, and indicate whether we can recognize and seize the opportunities that come our way.

NO NOTES. This was truly an oral event. Storytellers didn't read their stories; they told them, which allowed for eye contact.

When you get right down to it, intentional living is about living your best story.

The more you engage in good thinking, the more good thoughts you will continue to think. As playwright Victor Hugo asserted, An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an invasion of ideas.

The road to the next level is always uphill, and if a team isn't intentionally fighting to move up, then it inevitably slides down.

Most people want to hear or tell a good story. But they don't realize they can and should be the good story. That requires intentional living.

people knowledge is much more important than mere product knowledge.

When I teach and mentor leaders, I remind them that if they stop learning, they stop leading

A blind man's world is bounded by the limits of his touch; an ignorant man's world by the limits of his knowledge; a great man's world by the limits of his vision.

We overestimate the event and underestimate the process. Every fulfilled dream occurred because of dedication.

Successful leaders are like icebergs. When you look at an iceberg, you see only about 10 percent of it, and the rest of it is hidden under the water. When you look at successful leaders, you see only a fraction of their lives. You see the part that looks really good, but there's usually a lot that remains hidden that's neither exciting nor glamorous.

Helen Keller, author, speaker, and advocate for disabled persons, asserted,Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

You just need to be positive, believe in yourself, and focus on others.

There comes a special moment in everyone's life, a moment for which that person was born.… When he seizes it… it is his finest hour.

If we despise the position we have, it may be because of what I call "destination disease," which can also be called the greener grass syndrome. If we focus on being some other place because we think it's better, then we will neither enjoy where we are nor do what we must to succeed. 3.