John C. Maxwell Quotes

Do not take the agenda that someone else has mapped out for your life.

Teamwork gives you the best opportunity to turn vision into reality.

Dreams don't work unless you do

We teach what we know, but we reproduce what we are.

Some people want everything to be perfect before they're willing to commit... But commitment always precedes achievement.

The true measure of leadership is influence - nothing more, nothing less.

The depth of your mythology is the extent of your effectiveness.

We cannot achieve our wildest dreams by remaining who we are

People will summarize your life in one sentence - Pick it now.

They can't hurt you unless you let them.

Successful leaders have the courage to take action while others hesitate.

People's purpose in life is always connected to their giftedness.

Have to sow excellent seeds to have an excellent life. Must start with sowing excellent thoughts.

Must manage your thought life daily and then you can manage your life.

When you realize that people treat you according to how they see themselves rather than how you really are, you are less likely to be affected by their behavior.

Life can be boring unless you put some effort into it.

Sometimes the best way to learn is to return to the fundamentals.

Decision-making takes care of goal-setting, but discipline also takes care of goal-getting. Decisions and discipline can't be separated; one is worthless without the other.

Every person has a longing to be significant; to make a contribution; to be a part of something noble and purposeful.

You'll never find out what you can do, until you do all you can to find out

There are three qualities a leader must exemplify to build trust: competence, connection, and character.

There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. 'Good pride' represents our dignity and self-respect. 'Bad pride' is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.

Don't worry about yesterday it ended last night at midnight.

When we trust God, He can make the ordinary extraordinary!

The best way to serve the individuals on the team is to see that the whole team wins.

The ultimate step in taking responsibility is making sure our actions line up with our words.

Be better tomorrow than you are today.

Time is more valuable than money, because time is irreplaceable.

You are the only person who can label what you do a failure. Failure is subjective.

I think many people believe the best way they can help others is to criticize them, to give them the benefit of their 'wisdom.' I disagree. The best way to help people is to see the best in them.

Stay focused instead of getting offended or off track by others.

Your attitude is either your best friend or your worst enemy, your greatest asset or your greatest liability

We cannot consistently behave in a way that is inconsistent with our beliefs.

A person with an outstanding attitude makes the best of it while he gets the worst of it.

I can't raise the bar of others if I haven't raised the bar for myself.

The road to success is long and up hill all the way

Without love, there can be no connection, no future, and no success together.

Where there is no hope in the future, there is no power in the present.

If you really want to be a successful leader, you must develop other leaders around you. You must establish a team.

Nobody ever got ready by waiting. You only get ready by starting.

The english word thanks comes from the same root word as think. Maybe if leaders were more 'think-ful' about the contribution of others, they would be more 'thankful' to them.

We don't grow on accident, we grow on purpose.

Stay focus on what God has assigned me to do. Keep my mind on what I am doing/

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent.

I talk about my daily dozen in the book [ Today Matters]. Twelve things that are certainly attainable by any of us that we need to manage every day.

A highly credible leader under-promises and over-delivers.

You must do right before you feel good.

The greatest mistake a person can make is doing nothing.

If you think you are the entire picture, you will never see the big picture.

Your goal as a leader isn't to be indispensable to the people you lead; it is to leave your people something that is indispensable to them.