John C. Maxwell - People Quotes

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Few things build a person up like affirmation. According to Webster's New World Dictionary, Third College Edition (Simon and Schuster, 1991), the word affirm comes from ad firmare, which means to make firm. So when you affirm people, you make firm within them the things you see about them. Do that often enough, and the belief that solidifies within them will become stronger than the doubts they have about themselves.

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Everything you now do is something you have chosen to do. Some people don't want to believe that. But if you're over age twenty-one, your life is what you're making of it. To change your life, you need to change your priorities

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Successful people are willing to do things unsuccessful people will not do.

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If you are a leader, the true measure of your success is not getting people to work. It's not getting people to work hard. It is getting people to work hard together. That takes commitment.

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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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People are funny. When they are young, they will spend their health to get wealth. Later, they will gladly pay all they have trying to get their health back.

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People today are desperate for leaders, but they want to be influenced only by individuals they can trust, persons of good character.

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What I had been taught all my life was not true: experience is not the best teacher! Some people learn and grow as a result of their experience; some people don't. Everybody has some kind of experience. It's what you do with that experience that matters.

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Leaders need to remember that the point of leading is not to cross the finish line first. It's to take people across the finish line with you. For that reason, leaders must deliberately slow their pace, stay connected to their people, enlist others to help fulfill the vision, and keep people going. You can't do that if you're running too far ahead of your people.

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Everyone you know and all the people you meet have the potential to be someone important in the lives of others.

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A great leader has the ability to instill within his people confidence in themselves.

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One person seeking glory doesn't accomplish much. Success is the result of people pulling together to meet common goals.

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Leaders have two characteristics: first they are going somewhere, and second they are able to persuade other people to go with them.

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Most people who decide to grow personally find their first mentors in the pages of books.

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People tend to become what the most important people in their lives think they will become.

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To really become motivated to succeed, people need to believe they can win.

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Any leader who asks the right questions of the right people has the potential to discover and develop great ideas.

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People change when they hurt enough that they have to change, learn enough that they want to change, receive enough that they are able to change.

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Difficulties seldom defeat people; lack of faith in themselves usually does it.

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The Wrong Person in the Wrong Place = Regression. The Wrong Person in the Right Place = Frustration. The Right Person in the Wrong Place = Confusion. The Right Person in the Right Place = Progression. The Right People in the Right Places = Multiplication.

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People of influence understand the incredible value of becoming a good listener.

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If I expect great things from my people, they'll go to great lengths to keep from disappointing me.

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The most successful people in life are the ones who settle their critical issues early and manage them daily.

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If you want to attract people, you need to be like people you enjoy being with.

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Ordinary people with commitment can make an extraordinary impact on the their world.

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If you show people how much you care and ask questions in a non threatening way, you'll be amazed by how much they'll tell you.

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Your goal as a leader isn't to be indispensable to the people you lead; it is to leave your people something that is indispensable to them.

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Too often when people think of their journey into leadership, they envision a career path. What they should be thinking about is their own leadership development!

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Anyone can steer the ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course. Leaders who are good navigators are capable of taking their people just about anywhere.

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The best relationships are win-win. Why don't more people go into relationships with that attitude?

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