L. E. Maxwell Quotes

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.

You don't become a success when you get your diploma, you became a success when you decided to go to college when you get your diploma you get the rewards of success.

Success is choosing to enter the arena of action, determined to give yourself to the cause that will better humanity and last for eternity.

Leadership deals with people and their dynamics, which are continually changing. The challenge of leadership is to create change and facilitate growth.

Conflict is like cancer; early detection increases the possibility of a healthy outcome.

You have no control over how much talent you possess. You control only what you do with it.

Leadership involves the heavy burden of responsibility, and the fear of getting it wrong can paralyze a leader.

If you want to lead people, you have to let them come up close.

Anybody who thinks that they are a leader and doesn't have anyone following them is just out for a walk.

The average for entrepreneurs is 3.8 failures before they finally make it in business.

Creative leaders inherently know when rules need to be challenged, and they can see when a more flexible approach should be taken.

Every new level of growth we hope to experience as leaders calls for a new level of change. You cannot have one without the other. If you want to be a better leader, get ready to make some trades.

It takes a leader to know a leader, grow a leader, and show a leader.

The church that will not give up will be outdated and passed by, quicker than they realize.

Tomorrow really will take care of itself if I do the right thing today.

You cannot manage a decision you haven't made.

Most pastors have a hard time grasping a vision. But vision is the indispensable quality of a leader.

When somebody tells you he or she is leading something, a fair question is, "What is your vision?"

If a leader cannot give you a clear picture of what he or she sees in the future, that person is not the leader of that organization.

Remember, at the time God gives us a vision, we never have the resources available to accomplish it. We don't have the people, the money, the knowledge, or the opportunity.

I think success has a lot to do with my own personal growth.

Churches whose members fight with one another have lost their vision for the lost.

Many pastors fail to see God's vision fulfilled because they never have a strategy for fulfilling that vision.

The great leaders in history were great not because of what they owned or earned but because of what they gave their lives to accomplish. They made a difference!

I think we impress people by our success, but I think we impact them by our failures.

You invest yourself in what you believe can succeed.

If your face is going to “talk” for you anyway, you might as well have it communicate something positive.

All great leaders have understood that their number one responsibility is cultivating their own discipline and personal growth. Those who cannot lead themselves cannot lead others.

Relationships are the foundation of leadership.

Success is achieved in inches, not miles.

Disappointment is the gap that exists between expectation and reality.

Sometimes I think it's a lack of knowing the areas. Obviously, everybody knows that health is important so that's - but why was I not doing the right thing? Because I was deceived.

You realize that we over-exaggerate yesterday, we over-estimate tomorrow and we underestimate today. We think, "Well, I'm going to kill time," "I'll get back to this tomorrow."

It's better to give ideas away and contribute to another person's success than to have them lying dormant.

A great idea is simply the combination of many good ideas.

No great leader in history fought to prevent change.

we need to make a few critical decisions in major areas of life and then manage those decisions day to day.

Business schools reward complex behavior but it's the simple behavior that makes you successful in life

Successful people...focus on the rewards of success: learning from their mistakes and thinking about how they can improve themselves and their situations.