John C. Maxwell - Person Quotes

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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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I've never known a person focused on yesterday to have a better tomorrow.

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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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If you desire to become a more generous person, don't wait for your income to change. Change your heart.

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Like every person, every thought has the potential to become something great.

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If you want to become a better listener, however you need to learn to direct that energy and attention positively by concentrating on the person you're with.

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Without leadership ability,a person's impact is only a fraction of what it could be with good leadership.

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Responsibility is the most important ability that a person can possess.

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Leadership ability determines a person's level of effectiveness.

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

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If your desire is to be successful or to make a positive impact on your world, you need to become a person of influence.

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Now more than ever I am aware that a person's significant birthdays can either mark the passage of time, or they can mark changes they've made in their lives to reach their potential and become the person they were created to be. With each passing year, I want to make good choices that make me a better person, help me become a better leader, and make a positive impact on others.

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The person with a plan, a picture, will go after thoughts that add value to their thinking.

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See what a person is doing every day, day after day, and you'll know who that person is and what he or she is becoming.

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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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A person of responsibility can trust himself to choose the right thing over the easy thing.

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When values, thoughts, feelings, and actions are in alignment, a person becomes focused and character is strengthened.

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More than anything else, what keeps a person going in the midst of adversity is having a sense of purpose. It is the fuel that powers persistence.

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If you can become the leader you ought to be on the inside, you will be able to become the person you want on the outside. People will want to follow you. And when that happens, you'll be able to tackle anything in this world.

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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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You can easily determine the caliber of a person by the amount of opposition it takes to discourage him or her.

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By choosing to embrace and practice good values every day, you choose the higher course in life. And your life goes in a direction that you will always feel good about. You may not always get what you desire, but you will always be the person you desire to be.

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A person with an outstanding attitude makes the best of it while he gets the worst of it.

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