John C. Maxwell Quotes
People who add value to others do so intentionally. I say that because to add value, leaders must give of themselves, and that rarely occurs by accident.
Quotes to Explore
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I have learned to be patient.
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Let's help those in prison maintain positive connections with their community. If we truly want re-entry to be successful, and we do, people need to come back to a place that still feels like home.
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Homosexuals are not welcome in the Gambia.
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Though many corporations honor commitments to reduce dangerous pollution, some cut corners and cheat. The marketplace doesn't always have mechanisms to correct bad actors.
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Every little action creates an effect: We are all interconnected.
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I always tell people I went to the Harvard School of Comedy in front of America.
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When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down.
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My great-grandchildren will not be able to enjoy the Gulf Coast of Louisiana the way I have.
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No good actor ever stops learning. He is constantly evolving.
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If you're an artist, you're an artist; that's the only way I can explain it.
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I believe that everything has a shelf life.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
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Broad tolerance in the matter of beliefs is necessarily a part of the new ethics.
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I attend Internet conferences all the time, and they literally make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
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What we find is that if you have a goal that is very, very far out, and you approach it in little steps, you start to get there faster. Your mind opens up to the possibilities.
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When I looked at the skeleton of 'Damn Yankees,' I saw an indestructible story, absolutely original characters, one of the freshest, sassiest American scores of the century, and some outmoded equipment.
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If a man is pictured chopping off a woman's breast, it only gets a R rating, but if, God forbid, a man is pictured kissing a woman's breast, it gets an X rating. Why is violence more acceptable than tenderness?
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People aren't just paying more to fill their gas tanks or when they pay for their heating bills for their home; they are paying more at the grocery store, on air travel and for many other daily expenses.
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People who say that yesterday was better than today are ultimately devaluing their own existence.
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Your parents want to think they have a healthy, happy family.
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I love to dress up. You have to have a sense of fun in life, too. We can all be serious and work and do our bit, but every now and again you have to have a good giggle.
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Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.
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People who add value to others do so intentionally. I say that because to add value, leaders must give of themselves, and that rarely occurs by accident.
