John C. Maxwell Quotes

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The sheer act of listening speaks volumes that even a great speech can't communicate.

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The bookends of success are starting and finishing. Decisions help us start; discipline helps us finish.

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You can't build a relationship with everybody in the room when you don't care about anybody in the room.

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When you realize that people treat you according to how they see themselves rather than how you really are, you are less likely to be affected by their behavior.

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Adversity is a crossroads that makes a person choose one of two paths: character or compromise. Every time he chooses character, he becomes stronger, even if that choice brings negative consequences.

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The measure of a leader is not the number of people who serve him, but the number of people he serves.

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Every major difficulty you face in life is a fork in the road. You choose which track you will head down, toward breakdown or breakthrough.

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If your face is going to talk for you anyway, you might as well have it communicate something positive.

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Sometimes the best way to learn is to return to the fundamentals.

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Conflict is like cancer; early detection increases the possibility of a healthy outcome.

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True leadership cannot be awarded, appointed, or assigned. It comes only from Influence.

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Nothing separates successful people from unsuccessful people more than how they use their time!

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The true measure
of your character
is what you would
do if you were sure
no one would ever
find out.

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I think many people believe the best way they can help others is to criticize them, to give them the benefit of their 'wisdom.' I disagree. The best way to help people is to see the best in them.

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When a person feels encouraged, he can face the impossible and overcome incredible adversity.

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If you treat every person you meet as if he or she were the most important person in the world, you'll communicate that he or she is somebody - to you.

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People don't really know whether they are committed to something until they face adversity.

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In my organizations I don't have employees; I have teammates. Yes, I do pay people and offer them benefits. But people don't work for me. They work with me. We are working together to fulfill the vision. Without them, I cannot succeed. Without me, they cannot succeed. We're a team. We reach our goals together. We need each other. If we didn't, then one of us is in the wrong place.

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The collective influence of you and the other leaders will bring the rest along. If this does not happen, divided interest and loyalty will occur within the group.

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It's more important to get along with people than to get ahead of them.

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Adversity is prosperity to those who possess a great attitude.

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Knowing the future is difficult, controlling the future is impossible. Knowing today is essential; controlling today is possible.

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The more you do, the more you fail. The more you fail, the more you learn. The more you learn, the better you get.

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The leader finds the dream and then the people. The people find the leader and then the dream.

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You never display your character more clearly than when you speak about the character of others.

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Brokenness involves removing inappropriate pride and self-reliance and building healthy God-reliance.

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If you want to make a positive impact, no matter how far-reaching, start at home. Treat your family members like treasures.

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The younger you are, the more experimenting you should do. But once you've found what you were created to do, stick with it.

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Usually the person who rises within an organization has a good attitude. The promotions did not give that individual an outstanding attitude, but an outstanding attitude resulted in promotions.

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Leaders who practice the Law of Victory believe that anything less than success is unacceptable. And they have no Plan B.

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