John C. Maxwell Quotes And Sayings

As You Get Older, Time Speeds Up But Life Slows Down.

Every Person Has A Longing To Be Significant; To Make A Contribution; To Be A Part Of Something Noble And Purposeful.

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.

Success Is Due To Our Stretching To The Challenges Of Life. Failure Comes When We Shrink From Them.

Policies Are Many, Principles Are Few, Policies Will Change, Principles Never Do.

A Man Must Be Big Enough To Admit His Mistakes, Smart Enough To Profit From Them, And Strong Enough To Correct Them.

Leaders Who Are Kind Of Insecure Or Egocentric, They Basically Sabotage Themselves.

If You Are A Leader, You Should Never Forget That Everyone Needs Encouragement. And Everyone Who Receives It - Young Or Old, Successful Or Less-than-successful, Unknown Or Famous - Is Changed By It.

Whenever A High-profile Leader Dies, People Immediately Attempt To Summarize That Person's Life In A Sentence. Often, Critics And Commentators Get Caught Up Looking At The Leader's Style, Or Which Political Or Philosophical Camp They Represented.

Everyone Has The Potential To Become An Encourager. You Don't Have To Be Rich. You Don't Have To Be A Genius. You Don't Have To Have It All Together. All You Have To Do Is Care About People And Initiate.

Whenever A High-profile Leader Dies, People Immediately Attempt To Summarize That Person's Life In A Sentence. Often, Critics And Commentators Get Caught Up Looking At The Leader's Style, Or Which Political Or Philosophical Camp They Represented.

As A Leader, The First Person I Need To Lead Is Me. The First Person That I Should Try To Change Is Me.

How Do Leaders Serve Their People? They May Pay Good Wages And Treat Employees With Respect.

If You Are A Parent, You Have Probably Already Realized That Your Children Are Always Watching What You Do. And Just As Children Watch Their Parents And Emulate Their Behavior, So Do Employees Who Are Watching Their Bosses.

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.

The Secret Of Your Success Is Determined By Your Daily Agenda.

I Vividly Remember A Conversation I Had Many Years Ago In 1974, Which Marked A Turning Point In My Leadership Journey. I Was Sitting At A Holiday Inn With My Friend, Kurt Campmeyer, When He Asked Me If I Had A Personal Growth Plan. I Didn't. In Fact, I Didn't Even Know You Were Supposed To Have One.

Growth Is The Great Separator Between Those Who Succeed And Those Who Do Not. When I See A Person Beginning To Separate Themselves From The Pack, It's Almost Always Due To Personal Growth.

Pride Deafens Us To The Advice Or Warnings Of Those Around Us.

When Your Dream Is Bigger Than You Are, You Only Have Two Choices: Give Up Or Get Help.

Family And Friendships Are Two Of The Greatest Facilitators Of Happiness.

Exceptionally Hard Decisions Can Deplete Your Energy To The Point At Which You Finally Cave In. If You Mentally Crumble And Degenerate Into Negative Thinking, You'll Magnify The Problem To The Point Where It Can Haunt You.

The Unsuccessful Person Is Burdened By Learning, And Prefers To Walk Down Familiar Paths. Their Distaste For Learning Stunts Their Growth And Limits Their Influence.

Most People Want To Avoid Pain, And Discipline Is Usually Painful.

The Best Leaders Are Readers Of People. They Have The Intuitive Ability To Understand Others By Discerning How They Feel And Recognizing What They Sense.

The Best Way A Mentor Can Prepare Another Leader Is To Expose Him Or Her To Other Great People.

When A Person Starts To Talk About Their Dreams, It's As If Something Bubbles Up From Within. Their Eyes Brighten, Their Face Glows, And You Can Feel The Excitement In Their Words.

Life Can Be Boring Unless You Put Some Effort Into It.

Learn To Say 'No' To The Good So You Can Say 'Yes' To The Best.

Self-centered Leaders Manipulate When They Move People For Personal Benefit. Mature Leaders Motivate By Moving People For Mutual Benefit.

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.

All Of The People In My Life Whom I Consider To Be Close Friends Or Colleagues Are Good Thinkers.

Good Executives Never Put Off Until Tomorrow What They Can Get Someone Else To Do Today.

Remember, Man Does Not Live On Bread Alone: Sometimes He Needs A Little Buttering Up.

For More Than A Decade, I Led An Organization That Put On An Elaborate Christmas Program Each December. It Was A Big Production, With Over 250 People Participating In More Than 20 Performances. By The End Of The Season, Everyone Who Participated Was Exhausted.

The First Time You Say Something, It's Heard. The Second Time, It's Recognized, And The Third Time It's Learned.

Everything Rises And Falls On Leadership.

All Good Leaders Are Connectors. They Relate Well And Make People Feel Confident About Themselves And Their Leader.

The Difference Between Average People And Achieving People Is Their Perception Of And Response To Failure.

We Don't Mature Momentarily, But Over The Long-term.

One Of The Roles Of The Presidency Is To Lead A Political Party. Having A President In Office Is Usually A Huge Advantage To A Party Because It Gives The Party A Mouthpiece And An Advocate At The Highest Level.

You Will Never Fulfill Your Destiny Doing Work You Despise.

If You Want To Reach The Top, Don't Run Over Others. Likely, The Only Way You'll Reach The Top Is To Be Carried There By Others.

Ranking Among The Greatest Christmas Movie Classics, 'It's A Wonderful Life' Tells A Beautiful Story About The Priceless Value Of Relationships.

The Experience Of Pain Or Loss Can Be A Formidably Motivating Force.

To Add Value To Others, One Must First Value Others.

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.

Time Management Is An Oxymoron. Time Is Beyond Our Control, And The Clock Keeps Ticking Regardless Of How We Lead Our Lives. Priority Management Is The Answer To Maximizing The Time We Have.

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.

To Remain A Credible Leader, I Must Always Work First, Hardest, And Longest On Changing Myself. This Is Neither Easy Nor Natural, But It Is Essential.