John C. Maxwell - People Quotes

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Inexperienced leaders are quick to lead before knowing anything about the people they intend to lead. But mature leaders listen, learn and then lead.

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The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to...failure.

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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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All of the people in my life whom I consider to be close friends or colleagues are good thinkers.

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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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Acquiring and keeping good people is a leader's most important task.

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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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The more credible you are, the more confidence people place in you, thereby allowing you the privilege of influencing their lives.

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

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Most People have a desire to look for the exception instead of the desire to become exceptional.

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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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When people respect someone as a person, they admire her. When they respect her as a friend, they love her. When they respect her as a leader, they follow her.

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People knowledge is much more important than mere product knowledge.

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Management is the process of assuring that the program and objectives of the organization are implemented. Leadership on the other hand has to do with casting vision and motivating people.

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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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To help people believe they can achieve victory, put them in a position to experience small successes.

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To gain credibility, you must consistently demonstrate three things: Initiative: You have to get up to go up. Sacrifice: You have to give up to go up. Maturity: You have to grow up to go up. If you show the way, people will want to follow you. The higher you go, the greater the number of people who will be willing to travel with you.

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Successful people make right decisions early and manage those decisions daily.

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

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People who blame others for their failures never overcome them. They simply move from problem to problem. To reach your potential, you must continually improve yourself, and you can't do that if you don't take responsibility for your actions and learn from your mistakes.

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Most people use two totally different sets of criteria for judging themselves versus others. We tend to judge others according to their actions. It's very cut-and-dried. However, we judge ourselves by our intentions. Even if we do the wrong thing, if we believe our motives were good, we let ourselves off the hook. And we are often willing to do that over and over before requiring ourselves to change.

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People go farther than they thought they could when someone else thinks they can.

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Leadership deals with people and their dynamics, which are continually changing. The challenge of leadership is to create change and facilitate growth.

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I want to make a difference with people who want to make a difference, doing something that makes a difference.

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When you nurture people and add value to them without expecting anything in return, they feel significant.

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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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