John C. Maxwell Quotes

We tend to get in life what we are willing to tolerate.

Losses are inevitable, but excuses are optional.

Responsibility is the most important ability that a person can possess.

The greatest handicap a person has is not realizing his potential.

Confidence equals contentment with self; contentment is knowing you have all you need for the present circumstances.

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

Good people always rise to your level of expectation.

Time spent with a potential leader is an investment.

Discontent with the status quo is a great catalyst for vision.

Leaders determine the level of an organization.

Unless you want to carry the whole load yourself, you need to be developing leaders.

Leadership is seeing the possibilities in a situation while others are seeing the limitations.

A good environment certainly makes it easier to grow. But whether you’re in a good environment or not, you can learn and improve where you are.

People tend to become what the most important people in their lives think they will become.

You cannot have growth without change.

There is no success without failure and losses.

It takes a team to do anything of lasting value

Because in life, the question is not if you will have problems, but how you are going to deal with them. Stop failing backward and start failing forward!

The best way to ensure success is to start growing today. No matter where you may be starting from, don't be discouraged; everyone who got where he is started where he was.

See what a person is doing every day, day after day, and you'll know who that person is and what he or she is becoming.

Don’t tell them what you’re going to do - that’s vision. Do what you are going to do – that’s culture.

Failure is an inside job. So is success. If you want to achieve, you have to win the war in your thinking first. You can't let the failure outside you get inside you.

Loyalty to the leader reaches its highest peak when the follower has personally grown through the mentorship of the leader.

People don't really know whether they are committed to something until they face adversity.

Your thinking, more than anything else, shapes the way you live. It's really true that if you change your thinking, you can change your life.

Leaders who fail to lift others in the long run, fail to lift themselves.

If people around you don't believe in you, if they don't encourage you, then you need to find some people who do.

How do leaders serve their people? They may pay good wages and treat employees with respect.

Good thinkers always prime the pump of ideas. They always look for things to get the thinking process started, because what you put in always impacts what comes out.

If you are a leader, the true measure of your success is not getting people to work. It's not getting people to work hard. It is getting people to work hard together. That takes commitment.

Goals may give focus, but dreams give power.

Plan and execute your first failure so that you no longer have to fear it.

When you are full of pride on the inside, it makes you stiff, stubborn, and creates strife with others.

Self-centered leaders manipulate when they move people for personal benefit. Mature leaders motivate by moving people for mutual benefit.

People who add value to others do so intentionally. I say that because to add value, leaders must give of themselves, and that rarely occurs by accident.

People are funny. When they are young, they will spend their health to get wealth. Later, they will gladly pay all they have trying to get their health back.

In my experience, followers always ask leaders 3 questions: 1) Do you care 4 me? 2) Can you help me? 3) Can I trust you?

It takes a lot of people to create a success. That's why I say that few leaders are successful unless a lot of people want them to be.

Confidence is a characteristic of a positive attitude. The greatest achievers and leaders remain confident regardless of circumstances.

Trust must be built day by day. It calls for consistency.

With a little faith in themselves people, people can do miraculous things. But without it, they have a really tough time.

Praise them for what they do well, both privately and publicly.

Understanding people certainly impacts your ability to communicate with others.

The more people see that they are being understood, they become more motivated to understand your point of view.

Making a difference in your work is not about productivity; it’s about people. When you focus on others and connect with them, you can work together to accomplish great things.

Our days are like identical suitcases. Even though they are all the same size, some people are able to pack more into them then others. The reason? They know what to pack.

It is the leader's job to hold hope high.

People of influence understand the incredible value of becoming a good listener.

If you show people how much you care and ask questions in a non threatening way, you'll be amazed by how much they'll tell you.

Every sailor knows that you can't sail a ship that isn't moving forward, strong leaders understand that to change direction, you first have to create forward progress.