Quotes from John C. Maxwell

Should I have that extravagant dessert or call it quits for the night?" "Should I put in the extra effort here or just get by with the minimum amount required?

Should I go ahead and buy that item or just save my money for a rainy day?

Don't settle for poor performers. Keep in mind that one great person will always out-produce and out-perform two mediocre people.

All true leaders have learned to say no to the good in order to say yes to the best.

Champions don't become champions in the ring—they are merely recognized there.

When we're more interested in telling people what to do than in listening to what they are presently doing, we are off balance.

People who blame others for their failures never overcome them. They simply move from problem to problem. To reach your potential, you must continually improve yourself, and you can't do that if you don't take responsibility for your actions and learn from your mistakes.

This is true. What a man is survives him. It can

The key to working smarter is knowing the difference between motion and direction. In the final analysis, results are what matter; attendance and activity don't.

Piense, actúe, hable y compórtese como la persona que quiere llegar a ser

No matter how much I know (or think I know), I can learn from this situation.

Think, Act, Talk, and Conduct Yourself Like the Person You Want to Become

What you are speaks so loudly that I can't hear what you say." —RALPH WALDO EMERSON

There's an Arabian proverb that says if you stop every time a dog barks, your road will never end.

Nurture great thoughts, for you will never go higher than your thoughts." —BENJAMIN DISRAELI

More than anything else, what keeps a person going in the midst of adversity is having a sense of purpose. It is the fuel that powers persistence.

If you are to become more sensitive, you must be willing to take a risk. Take the initiative to find a need and take action.

Opportunity is in the eye of the beholder.

the strength of the team is impacted by its weakest link.

The best way to help people is to see the best in them. The 101% principle: Look for the 1 thing I admire in them and give them 100% encouragement for it.

You have not lived a perfect day, unless you have done something for someone who will never be able to repay you. No man becomes rich unless he enriches others.

Hell begins on that day when God grants us a clear vision of all that we might have achieved, of all the gifts we wasted, of all that we might have done that we did not do.

In order to *do* more, I've got to *be* more.

If my people learn to trust me, I'll get their attention. But if I initiate trust in my people, I'll get their action.