Quotes from John C. Maxwell

Los juegos los juegan los individuos, pero los campeones son los equipos.

Y tercero, usted nunca será lo que debe ser hasta que haga lo que debe hacer.

People can be in the same place sharing the same experience at the same time, but they can walk away from it having seen very different things.

Believe while others are doubting. Plan while others are playing. Study while others are sleeping. Decide while others are delaying. Prepare while others are daydreaming. Begin while others are procrastinating. Work while others are wishing. Save while others are wasting. Listen while others are talking. Smile while others are frowning. Commend while others are criticizing. Persist while others are quitting.

Willa A. Foster commented, "Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives.

Não é fácil fazer o que é certo quando é mais fácil fazer errado. é necessário ter um carácter forte. (p. 130)

Motion causes friction. Make the commitment early!

In the morning he asked himself, "What good shall I do today?" In the evening he asked, "What good have I done today?

A leader is the one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way.

Developing and maintaining integrity require constant attention. John Weston, chairman and CEO of Automatic Data Processing, Inc., says, "I`ve always tried to live with the following simple rule: Don`t do what you wouldn`t feel comfortable reading about in the newspapers the next day." That`s a good standard all of us should keep.

If you're in the habit of listening only to the facts and not the person who expresses them, change your focus - and really listen.

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If you really want to achieve your dreams—I mean really achieve them, not just daydream or talk about them—you've got to get out there and fail. Fail early, fail often, but always fail forward. Turn your mistakes into stepping-stones for success.

Small actions, made consistently, lead to big changes.

Let me help you by telling you something you need to know. You won't do well the first time you do anything. You don't know what you're doing when you start. Nobody is good at the beginning of doing something new. Get over it.

Horace Walpole dijo que «las equivocaciones en la ciencia siempre anteceden a la verdad».

People need clear objectives set before them if they are to achieve anything of value.

Anything worth having is going to be a struggle. Commitment doesn't come easy, but when you're fighting for something you believe in the struggle is worth it. 1. Count the price of the prize. 2. Decide if you're willing to pay. 3. Commit.

THE HEART OF LEADERSHIP IS BASED ON SERVING OTHERS, NOT OURSELVES.

La vida es como una bicicleta de diez velocidades. La mayoría de nosotros tenemos mecanismos que nunca usamos".

Charles Schwab: Be friends with everybody. When you have friends you will know there is somebody who will stand by you. You know the old saying, that if you have a single enemy you will find him everywhere. It doesn't pay to make enemies. Lead the life that will make you kind and friendly to everyone about you, and you will be surprised what a happy life you will live.

Nothing is easier than saying words. Nothing is harder than living them, day after day. What you promise today must be renewed and redecided tomorrow and each day that stretches out before you.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF THERE WERE NO LIMITS ON YOUR LIFE?

Educators take something simple and make it complicated. Communicators take something complicated and make it simple. —John C. Maxwell