L. E. Maxwell Quotes

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

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

You may live in an imperfect world but the frontiers are not closed and the doors are not all shut.

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

Defectors often cause more difficulty than disinterested disbelievers.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Our self image, strongly held, essentially determines what we become.

Self-image sets the boundaries of individual accomplishment.

Etiquette-a fancy word for simple kindness.

When people respect someone as a person, they admire her. When they respect her as a friend, they love her. When they respect her as a leader, they follow her.

Live to learn and you will really learn to live.

You can do only one thing at a time. I simply tackle one problem and concentrate all efforts on what I am doing at the moment.

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent.

What we refer to confidently as memory is really a form of storytelling that goes on continually in the mind and often changes with the telling.

I may be a mistake maker, but I'm also a mistake breaker.

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

You must do right before you feel good.

The greatest miracle you can hope for is self-acceptance.

Since an attitude is often expressed by our body language and by the looks on our faces, it can be contagious.

I want to make a difference with people who want to make a difference, doing something that makes a difference.

Policies are many, Principles are few, Policies will change, Principles never do.

If your desire is a 10 but your self-esteem is a 5, you'll never perform at the level of a 10. You'll perform as a 5 or lower. People are ever able to outperform their self-image.

In the economy of Heaven, God does not send thunder if a still, small voice is enough, or a prophet if a priest can do the job.

Protocol may be defined as the code of etiquette which protects royalty from the competition of intellectual and social superiors.

What is a bore? Maxwell definition: a vacuum cleaner of society, sucking up everything and giving nothing. How do you spot one? Bores are always anxious to be seen talking to you.

A word of Encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.

Once our minds are 'tattooed' with negative thinking, our chances for long-term success diminish.

The greatest mistake a person can make is doing nothing.

I wonder if living alone makes one more alive. No precious energy goes in disagreement or compromise. No need to augment others, there is just yourself, just truth - a morsel - and you.

Is life a pregnancy? That would make death a birth.

The whole idea of motivation is a trap, forget motivation, just do it

Anger must be the energy that has not yet found its fight channel.

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.

We must find out for ourselves, otherwise it wouldn't be discovery.

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

You can be a model to the masses, but to go to the higher levels of influence, you have to work with individuals.

People may teach what they know, but they reproduce what they are.

Good character improves every aspect of a person’s life.

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.

Rotten Attitudes ruin a team.