L. E. Maxwell Quotes

I do not think you should read about writing while you are writing.

Wanting to win isn't enough. You have to go through a process to improve. That takes patience, perseverance, and intentionality.

Discouragement is not the absence of adequacy but the absence of courage.

Perfect love is perfectly patient.

An idea accepted as true from any source can be every bit as powerful as hypnosis.

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

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

We simply must get it through our heads that holding a low opinion of ourselves is not a virtue, but a vice.

If we are serious about our discipleship, Jesus will eventually request each of us to do those very things which are most difficult for us to do.

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

Sometimes the best people... have the worst experiences... because they are ready to learn

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

Seeing unhappiness in the marriage of friends, I was content to have chosen music and laughter as a substitute for a husband.

Most rich people are the poorest people I know.

When you believe you can... you can!

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

The cavity which suffering carves into our souls will one day also be the receptacle of joy.

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

We cannot achieve our wildest dreams by remaining who we are

Close scrutiny will show that most of these everyday socalled “crisis situations” are not life-or-death matters at all, but opportunities to either advance, or stay where you are.

They can't hurt you unless you let them.

Let the scriptures refresh you.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Your nervous system can't tell real failure from imagined failure.

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

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.

You will act like the sort of person you conceive yourself to be.

Difficulties are what makes it honorable and interesting to be alive.

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

For real self esteem is not derived from the great things you've done, the things you won. The mark you've made - but an appreciation of yourself for what you are.

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

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

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

Money isn't everything. I've got money and I've got everything, and they're not the same.

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

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.

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

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

I had inadvertently walked through a door that I shouldn’t have gone through and couldn’t get back to the place I hadn’t meant to leave.

For the faithful, our finest hours are sometimes during or just following our darkest hours.

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

Worry is one of the most destructive scourges of mankind.

In one degree or another we all struggle with selfishness. Since it is so common, why worry about selfishness anyway? Because selfishness is really self-destruction in slow motion.