Quotes from John C. Maxwell

Many people fail to make a difference because they are so busy. They

Choose who will carry on your legacy. I don't know what you want to accomplish in life, but I can tell you this: a legacy lives on in people, not things. Too often leaders put their energy into organizations, buildings, systems, or other lifeless objects. But only people live on after we are gone. Everything else is temporary.

To achieve your dreams, you must embrace adversity and make failure a regular part of your life. If you're not failing, you're probably not really moving forward.

You can't stop people from thinking—but you can start them." —FRANK A. DUSCH

I will build a motorcar for the multitude. It will be large enough for the family but small enough for the individual to run and care for. It will be constructed of the best materials, by the best men to be hired, after the simplest designs that modern engineering can devise. But it will be so low in price that no man making a good salary will be unable to own one—and enjoy with his family the blessings of hours of pleasure in God's great open spaces.

No importa lo que haya o no haya hecho. Nunca es demasiado tarde para hacer algo y cambiar su mundo.

First we form habits, but then our habits form us. Change

Billy Graham said, "Integrity is the glue that holds our way of life together. We must constantly strive to keep our integrity intact.

I've learned that if you want people to be impressed, you can talk about your successes; but if you want people to identify with you, it's better to talk about your failures.

They are committed to excellence. John Johnson in Christian Excellence writes, "Success bases our worth on a comparison with others. Excellence gauges our value by measuring us against our own potential. Success grants its rewards to the few but is the dream of the multitudes. Excellence is available to all living beings but is accepted by the . . . few.

Humility means two things. One, a capacity for self-criticism. . . . The second feature is allowing others to shine, affirming others, empowering and enabling others." —CORNEL WEST

If you could pick only one word to describe yourself, what would it be?

As you interact with people, you certainly want to pay attention to the factual content of the conversation. But don't ignore the emotional content. Sometimes you can learn more about what's really going on by reading between the lines.

Life is like a ten-speed bike. Most of us have gears we never use.

We are all failures—at least, all the best of us are. —J. M. BARRIE

4. The Higher the Level of Leadership, the Greater the Sacrifice: The higher you go, the more it's going to cost you. And it doesn't matter what kind of leadership career you pick. You will have to make sacrifices. You will have to give up to go up.

En lugar de compararse con otros, enfóquese en ser lo mejor que pueda ser.

Nicolás Maquiavelo dijo: "El primer método para calcular la inteligencia de un gobernante es observar a los hombres que lo rodean".

Benjamin Franklin: «Hay tres cosas que son extremadamente duras: el acero, el diamante y conocerse a uno mismo».

TAKE INTEREST IN OTHERS BEFORE THEY TAKE INTEREST IN YOU.

I may not be able to change the world I see around me, but I can change what I see within me.

Helen Keller said, "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.

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La mayoría de personas emplean más tiempo planeando sus vacaciones de verano que planeando sus vidas".