John C. Maxwell Quotes
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For more than a decade, I led an organization that put on an elaborate Christmas program each December. It was a big production, with over 250 people participating in more than 20 performances. By the end of the season, everyone who participated was exhausted.
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Growth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from the pack, it's almost always due to personal growth.
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Every person has a longing to be significant; to make a contribution; to be a part of something noble and purposeful.
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Live to learn, and you will really learn to live.
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Most people don't like change. They revolt against it unless they can clearly see the advantage it brings. For that reason, when good leaders prepare to take action or make changes, they take people through a process to get them ready for it.
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Whenever a high-profile leader dies, people immediately attempt to summarize that person's life in a sentence. Often, critics and commentators get caught up looking at the leader's style, or which political or philosophical camp they represented.
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People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.
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You will never fulfill your destiny doing work you despise.
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A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.
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Good thinkers always prime the pump of ideas. They always look for things to get the thinking process started, because what you put in always impacts what comes out.
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We all have done something unethical.
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All of the people in my life whom I consider to be close friends or colleagues are good thinkers.
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Enjoyment is an incredible energizer to the human spirit.
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Children astound me with their inquisitive minds. The world is wide and mysterious to them, and as they piece together the puzzle of life, they ask 'Why?' ceaselessly.
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The best leaders are readers of people. They have the intuitive ability to understand others by discerning how they feel and recognizing what they sense.
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Without failure there is no achievement.
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Leadership is influence.
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Ideas have a short shelf life. You must act on them before the expiration date.
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Educators take something simple and make it complicated. Communicators take something complicated and make it simple.
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Ranking among the greatest Christmas movie classics, 'It's a Wonderful Life' tells a beautiful story about the priceless value of relationships.
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Dividers seek to make themselves look or feel better by making others feel worse. They damage relationships, fracture teams and organizations, and create havoc in people's lives.
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The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.
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The experience of pain or loss can be a formidably motivating force.
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Teamwork makes the dream work, but a vision becomes a nightmare when the leader has a big dream and a bad team.