Selected quotes · 45
№ 01
“Positional leaders ignore the fact that every person has hopes, dreams, desires, and goals of his own. And leaders must bring their vision and the aspirations of the people they lead together in a way that benefits everyone.”
John C. MaxwellLeadership
№ 02
“Success comes to those who have an entire mountain of gold that they continually mine, not those who find one nugget and try to live on it for fifty years.”
John C. MaxwellAction
№ 03
“The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.”
John C. MaxwellSuccess
№ 04
“Failure is simply a price we pay to achieve success.”
John C. MaxwellFailure
№ 05
“The less you venture out, the greater your risk of failure and the more you risk failure the greater your chances of success.”
John C. MaxwellFailure
№ 06
“If you want to increase your odds of success, you have to take chances.”
John C. MaxwellSuccess
№ 07
“Everything rises and falls on leadership.”
John C. MaxwellFailure
№ 08
“Success is due to our stretching to the challenges of life. Failure comes when we shrink from them.”
John C. MaxwellFailure
№ 09
“We overestimate the event and underestimate the process. Every fulfilled dream occurred because of dedication to a process.”
John C. MaxwellWisdom
№ 10
“Always measure an obstacle next to the size of the dream you're pursuing.”
John C. MaxwellWisdom
№ 11
“A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.”
John C. MaxwellCreativity
№ 12
“Policies are many, Principles are few, Policies will change, Principles never do.”
John C. MaxwellFreedom
№ 13
“If you don’t try to create the future you want, you must endure the future you get.”
John C. MaxwellAction
№ 14
“The fellow who never makes a mistake takes his orders from one who does.”
John C. MaxwellFailure
№ 15
“There are risks and costs to a program of action, but they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.”
John C. MaxwellAction
№ 16
“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.”
John C. MaxwellFailure
№ 17
“There always comes a time when giving up is easier than standing up, when giving in looks more attractive than digging in. And in those moments, character may be the only thing you have to draw on to keep you going.”
John C. MaxwellTime
№ 18
“You will never change your life until you change something you do daily.”
John C. MaxwellFreedom
№ 19
“The dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential.”
John C. MaxwellCreativity
№ 20
“Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.”
John C. MaxwellLeadership
№ 21
“Risk must be evaluated not by the fear it generates in you or the probability of value of the goal.”
John C. MaxwellCourage
№ 22
“Without failure there is no achievement.”
John C. MaxwellFailure
№ 23
“One of the greatest problems people have with failure is that they are too quick to judge isolated situations in their lives and label them as failures. Instead, they need to keep the bigger picture in mind.”
John C. MaxwellFailure
№ 24
“Most people don't like change. They revolt against it unless they can clearly see the advantage it brings. For that reason, when good leaders prepare to take action or make changes, they take people through a process to get them ready for it.”
John C. MaxwellAction
№ 25
“The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up.”
John C. MaxwellGrowth
№ 26
“Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness.”
John C. MaxwellFriendship
№ 27
“Everyone wants to have a good day but not many people know how a good day looks like, much less how to create one.”
John C. MaxwellCreativity
№ 28
“All great achievers are given multiple reasons to believe they are failures. But in spite of that, they persevere.”
John C. MaxwellFailure
№ 29
“As a leader, the first person I need to lead is me. The first person that I should try to change is me.”
John C. MaxwellAction
№ 30
“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.”
John C. MaxwellLeadership
№ 31
“Leadership is influence.”
John C. MaxwellLeadership
№ 32
“People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.”
John C. MaxwellLeadership
№ 33
“People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.”
John C. MaxwellMindset
№ 34
“Talent is a gift, but character is a choice.”
John C. MaxwellFreedom
№ 35
“All roads to achievement lead through the land of failure.”
John C. MaxwellFailure
№ 36
“If you wait for perfect timing, you'll wait forever.”
John C. MaxwellPatience
№ 37
“If you are succeeding in everything you do, then you're probably not pushing yourself hard enough, that means you're not taking enough risks.”
John C. MaxwellWisdom
№ 38
“Nothing worth achieving comes easily.”
John C. MaxwellWisdom
№ 39
“Inability to make decisions is one of the principal reasons executives fail. Deficiency in decision-making ranks much higher than lack of specific knowledge or technical know-how as an indicator of leadership failure.”
John C. MaxwellFailure
№ 40
“The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure.”
John C. MaxwellFailure
№ 41
“Failure isn't a percentage or a test. It's not a single event. It's a process.”
John C. MaxwellFailure
№ 42
“When we give ourselves permission to fail, we at the same time give ourselves permission to excel.”
John C. MaxwellFailure
№ 43
“The first important step in weathering failure is sure you know that your failure does not make you a failure.”
John C. MaxwellFailure
№ 44
“Your attitude towards failure determines your altitude after failure.”
John C. MaxwellFailure
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“Your attitude toward failure determines your altitude after failure.”
John C. MaxwellFailure