John C. Maxwell Quotes

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

John C. Maxwell

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• I do movies that I would like to go and see. I think that's a good barometer of how I choose films. I like going to these movies. Our job is to make sure the audience gets their $16 worth. That's my job.

  

  Sam Worthington
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• My first agent told me to change my name or I'd only play Jewish parts or Indians. Of course I refused to change it. Shortly thereafter she came up to me and told me I had to keep it, because her numerologist said it was very, very good.

  

  Malachi Throne
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• If I can't drive my old pickup to wherever I'm going, well, chances are good that I just won't go.

  

  Ward Churchill
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• I think I tried to separate indoors and out. And so when he beat me indoors, I did not see that as letting anybody down, I saw it as a good head to head competition, and so it was. It was fine.

  

  Ralph Boston
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• I've always cared about fashion and what I look like. I don't like to spend a lot of money on designer clothes, but I do like to look good.

  

  Zac Efron
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• It doesn't work that way, you know, because most parts that you think you'd do well, most other people don't. So they offer you something - The Avengers is a good example... I fitted into that because I came from that sort of background. It's not even acting.

  

  Patrick Macnee
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• The good part is if I play a solid round of golf, it will be very hard for the others to beat me. And that's all I'm thinking about.

  

  Adam Derek Scott
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• I've been snowboarding my whole life. My wife's really good, and I just try to keep up with her.

  

  Aaron Paul
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• Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.

  

  Ovid
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• Research indicates that employees have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company.

  

  Zig Ziglar
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• When you spend a lot of money on one player, you want him to prove himself, but the way football works, one day you can be good, the next you can be bad, and the next after that, you can be very bad. I have come to Manchester City to work very hard and to help my friends make Manchester City great.

  

  Yaya Toure
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• Brad Pitt is amazingly talented and equally good-looking, too.

  

  Hansika Motwani
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• Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be believed. That's a pretty good rule.

  

  Daniel Ellsberg
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• I had a father and mother, who were devout and feared God. Our Lord also helped me with His grace. All this would have been enough to make me good, if I had not been so wicked.

  

  Saint Teresa of Avila
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• Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always something to hope for.

  

  Washington Irving
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• A lot of people put pressure on me, but I don't think I feel that type of pressure. It is more of a good thing that people are trying to do that.

  

  Adam Peaty
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• I got quite good results from protein plates.

  

  Gabriel Lippmann
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• I've wanted to do some sort of acting stuff down the line, but modeling is a good way to get comfortable in front of the camera.

  

  Patrick Schwarzenegger
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• God has definitely been good to me.

  

  Jacob Batalon
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• The lonely reality of the truth-that the most important person in your life suddenly ceased to exist. Which on a bad day meant maybe she had never existed at all. And on a good day, there was the other fear. That even if you were a hundred percent sure she had been there, maybe you were the only one who cared or remembered.

  

  Kami Garcia
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• I think once every person on the planet sees 'New Moon' and there's nobody left who hasn't see it, then I think they'll be able to go see 'Ninja.'

  

  Joel Silver
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• I'm a big yogi.

  

  Rachel Platten
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• Being a father is an everyday challenge. It goes on and on.

  

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

  

  John C. Maxwell
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