John C. Maxwell Quotes
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Success comes to those who have an entire mountain of gold that they continually mine, not those who find one nugget and try to live on it for fifty years.
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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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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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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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Have the humility to learn from those around you.
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Live to learn, and you will really learn to live.
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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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All of the people in my life whom I consider to be close friends or colleagues are good thinkers.
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Leadership is influence.
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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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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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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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Enjoyment is an incredible energizer to the human spirit.
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The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.
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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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We all have done something unethical.
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Ideas have a short shelf life. You must act on them before the expiration date.
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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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If you are a parent, you have probably already realized that your children are always watching what you do. And just as children watch their parents and emulate their behavior, so do employees who are watching their bosses.
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Without failure there is no achievement.
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We choose what attitudes we have right now. And it's a continuing choice.
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Educators take something simple and make it complicated. Communicators take something complicated and make it simple.
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It seems the older you get, the more life comes into focus.