L. E. Maxwell Quotes

The first time you say something, it's heard. The second time, it's recognized, and the third time it's learned.

Good leaders must communicate vision clearly, creatively, and continually. However, the vision doesn't come alive until the leader models it.

A patient willingness to defer dividends is a hallmark of individual maturity.

Danger sweetens the brew. Makes it more delicious.

Some promises are lies we never meant to tell.

I get described as 'interesting' a lot. People often call me odd, too. Maybe they mean ugly. Given the services of a plastic surgeon, I would get a pair of cheekbones.

Loyalty is the Tory's secret weapon.

It is dangerous to confuse children with angels.

Down with boredom. It has to go.

The loudest psalm singer in the congregation always is a reformed sinner.

Another secret we carry is that though drab outside - wreckage to the eye, mirrors a mortification - inside we flame with a wild life that is almost incommunicable.

Admiration is one of the chief delights of living.

In very truth the days are almost free, and if it is another way of saying that our lives are empty, well -- there are days when emptiness is spacious, and non-existence elevating . . .

I feel most real when alone, even most alive when alone. Better to say that the liveliness of companionship and the liveliness of solitude differ, and the latter is never as exhausting as the former.

love at any age takes everything you've got.

Order, cleanliness, seemliness make a structure that is half support, half ritual, and - if it does not create it - maintains decency.

The equations at which we arrive must be such that a person of any nation, by substituting the numerical values of the quantities as measured by his own national units, would obtain a true result.

Despite all the variables and advise, like love and marriage it seemed to me that learning to cast ought to be a lot easier than it was.

People go farther than they thought they could when someone else thinks they can.

While we don't always get what we want, we always get what we choose.

Listen twice as much as you speak.

Momentum solves 80% of your problems.

Management is the process of assuring that the program and objectives of the organization are implemented. Leadership on the other hand has to do with casting vision and motivating people.

You must develop yourself to be successful

To really become motivated to succeed, people need to believe they can win.

Behind every great idea is someone saying "It won't work"

Faith in people is an essential quality of an influencer when working with others, yet it is a scarce commodity today.

Leaders must live by higher standards than their followers.

Profile of a winning team - They play to win. They have a winning attitude. They keep improving. They make their teammates more successful.

Leader’s potential is determined by those closest to him.

Why worry about things you can't control when you can keep yourself busy controlling the things that depend on you?

Don't ever be impressed with goal setting. Be impressed with goal getting.

You win people's hearts by helping them grow personally.

When a person feels encouraged, he can face the impossible and overcome incredible adversity.

People will not follow a leader who does not have confidence in himself.

Remember, in the end, it isn't what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.

The ability to understand people is one of the greatest assets anyone can ever have.

The best leaders realize their success depends on their people.

A team doesn't win the championship if its players are working from different agendas.

The attitude of the leader affects the atmosphere of the office

The key to encouragement is in knowing what gives people courage; what spurs them on to action.

If you want to keep giving you have to keep growing.

Success is a continuing thing. It is growth and development. It is achieving one thing and using that as a stepping stone to achieve something else.

The law of process says — leaders develop daily, not in a day.

People today are desperate for leaders, but they want to be influenced only by individuals they can trust, persons of good character.

Facing difficulties is inevitable. Learning from them is optional.

Not everyone will become a great leader, but everyone can become a better leader.

If your desire is to be successful or to make a positive impact on your world, you need to become a person of influence.

You cannot buy or win happiness. You must choose it.

Personal and organizational effectiveness is proportionate to the strength of leadership.