John C. Maxwell Quotes

Leaders who are kind of insecure or egocentric, they basically sabotage themselves.

John C. Maxwell

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• I have problems with YouTube and things like that, when you catch it mid production. If I'm doing a show and I'm working on a bit and someone's there with a phone, they record it and put it online - it's not the finished product.

  

  Wanda Sykes
  • Doing
  • Problems
  • Working

• First of all, I'm so glad that the city of Houston has a football team again. They have such great fans. I'm really happy for the people of Houston because they deserve a football team.

  

  Earl Campbell
  • People
  • Great
  • Happy

• I was an athlete, so I hung out with the jocks. I was smart, so I hung out with the nerdy kids. I was also into theater, so I hung out with the misfits... So I was always in different groups, and those groups never quite overlapped. The racial part of it was just another one of those groups, in one sense.

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • Different
  • Kids
  • Smart

• When people are like, 'What do you think of this vampire craze?' - well, I don't really feel like it ever ended, personally, 'cause I've always been into them, like 'Underworld.'

  

  Kat Graham
  • People
  • Think
  • You

• The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.

  

  Faye Wattleton
  • Leadership
  • Storm
  • Ship

• What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.

  

  Madeleine M. Kunin
  • Work
  • Man
  • Woman

• Yes, I've kissed a lot of guys. I like to kiss, but that's it. I don't go home with anyone. I sleep with my animals, like my baby monkey, Brigitte Bardot.

  

  Paris Hilton
  • Home
  • Sleep
  • Baby

• I think '80s pop music subconsciously informs what I'm doing.

  

  Washed Out
  • Music
  • Think
  • Doing

• When you're as plain as I am, you've gotta have a gimmick.

  

  Ralph Hall
  • Plain
  • Gimmick

• I've directed enough in the theatre and a couple of films to know that - to feel fairly secure that if I find a story that I really like I can probably get it done somewhat.

  

  Gary Sinise
  • Done
  • Know
  • Couple

• Due process gives teachers the latitude to use their professional judgment in their classrooms, to advocate for their students, and to not fear retribution for speaking the truth or teaching controversial subjects like evolution. As political winds shift in school districts, due process also wards off patronage or nepotism.

  

  Randi Weingarten
  • School
  • Truth
  • Political

• I wish I could say I see my little brother more. We used to fight all the time but now that I don't see him very often I cherish the time I have with him.

  

  Zac Efron
  • Time
  • Wish
  • Brother

• You basically only discover a new thing once.

  

  Urs Fischer
  • You
  • New
  • Once

• I had given myself a sort of early retirement when I left the scene in 1985. All of the people in my family worked until they dropped, including my father. I decided to take a little time to enjoy life. I traveled, built my dream house, rescued a few dogs. My return to music, and acting, was deliberate, part of my musical arc.

  

  J. D. Souther
  • People
  • Life
  • Time

• Don't think your dreams don't come true, because they do. You'd better be careful what you wish for. And I truly and honestly - one day I am doing the 'Beaver' show and I said, 'This is the show I have always wanted to do.'

  

  Barbara Billingsley
  • True
  • Wish
  • Dreams

• There aren't enough good roles for strong women. I wish we had more female writers. Most of the female characters you see in films today are the 'poor heartbroken girl.'

  

  Gal Gadot
  • Good
  • Women
  • Today

• I'm actually a hippy in real life. I had three dreadlocks on the back of my head once. They were spawning.

  

  Jack O'Connell
  • Life
  • Real
  • Three

• I had the most fun on '3rd Rock'. It was a great show to work on.

  

  Wayne Knight
  • Work
  • Great
  • Fun

• I'm very used to being in India now and to working with actors and directors I'm comfortable with because I know them already.

  Jacqueline Fernandez

• My goal was to play 350-capacity rooms in the U.K. and, if I was lucky, 100-capacity rooms in Europe. I just wanted to play music and make money off it.

  

  Lewis Capaldi
  • Music
  • Money
  • Lucky

• An inevitable question asked of a performer who has made a modest success of his career is, 'How has success changed you?' It's a loaded question because it automatically assumes that there has been a change. And, in a sense, the assumption is a correct one. Basically, however, most people remain pretty much the same.

  

  Jim Nabors
  • People
  • Pretty
  • Career

• I had no idea 'L.A. Law' would be so mega. I knew it was a big show, but I was just one actress in a group of many good, award-winning actresses.

  

  Amanda Donohoe
  • Good
  • Law
  • Winning

• Create a minimal viable product or website, launch it, and get feedback.

  

  Neil Patel
  • Create
  • Product
  • Feedback

• Leaders who are kind of insecure or egocentric, they basically sabotage themselves.

  

  John C. Maxwell