John C. Maxwell. Quotes

Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn.

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

You will never change your life until you change something you do daily.

You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

Speak the truth. Transparency breeds legitimacy.

People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.

If your habits don't line up with your dream, then you need to either change your habits or change your dream

We cannot become what we need by remaining what we are.

Your life today is a result of your thinking yesterday. Your life tomorrow will be determined by what you think today.

Image is what people think we are. Integrity is what we really are.

Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others.

It's said that a wise person learns from his mistakes. A wiser one learns from others' mistakes. But the wisest person of all learns from others's successes.

The person who insists on using yesterday's methods in today's world won't be in business tomorrow

Enjoyment is an incredible energizer to the human spirit.

Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time.

Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.

The best way to help people is to see the best in them.

When you are bigger than your purpose you have a career. When your purpose is bigger than you, you have a calling.

God chooses what we go through; we choose how we go through it.

SUCCESS is when I add value to MYSELF. SIGNIFICANCE is when I add value to OTHERS.

We choose what attitudes we have right now. And it's a continuing choice.

Life is like riding in a taxi. Whether you are going anywhere or not, the meter keeps ticking.

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.

Find your vision, and let it guide you in all that you do. If you lack vision, look inside yourself. Draw on your natural gifts and desires.

So think long and hard about who you're spending the most time with, for wherever they are headed, so are you.

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

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.

You either spend your life preparing or you spend your life repairing.

If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone.

To be an influencer, you have to love people before you can try to lead them.

Reflective thinking turns experience into insight.

The only one you should compare yourself to is you. Your mission is to become better today than you were yesterday.

The measure of a leader is not the number of people who serve him, but the number of people he serves.

Learn to say 'no' to the good so you can say 'yes' to the best.

A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.

Success is... knowing your purpose in life, growing to reach your maximum potential, and sowing seeds that benefit others.

A dream becomes a reality as a result of your actions, and your actions are controlled, to a large extent, by your habits.

The first step to leadership is servanthood.

Teamwork makes the dream work, but a vision becomes a nightmare when the leader has a big dream and a bad team.

Happiness simply cannot be relied upon as a measure of success.

You build trust with others each time you choose integrity over image, truth over convenience, or honor over personal gain.

Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.

Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.

To change your LIFE you need to change your PRIORITIES.

Make personal growth a daily priority.

A successful person finds the right place for himself. But a successful leader finds the right place for others. By John Maxwell

You have to live with the people to know their needs, and you have to live with God to know how to solve them.

The highway of life is filled with flat squirrels that couldn't make a decision.

To collaborative team members, completing one another is more important than competing with one another.