John C. Maxwell Quotes

Do not take the agenda that someone else has mapped out for your life.

A dream worth pursuing is a picture and blueprint of a person's purpose and potential

Have to sow excellent seeds to have an excellent life. Must start with sowing excellent thoughts.

Failure isn't so bad if it doesn't attack the heart. Success is all right if it doesn't go to the head.

The effectiveness of your work will never rise above your ability to lead and influence others. You cannot produce consistently on a level higher than your leadership. In other words, your leadership skills determine the level of your success-and the success of those who work around you.

If you wouldn't follow yourself, why should anyone else?

Seven Steps to Success
1) Make a commitment to grow daily.
2) Value the process more than events.
3) Don't wait for inspiration.
4) Be willing to sacrifice pleasure for opportunity.
5) Dream big.
6) Plan your priorities.
7) Give up to go up.

As people gain more authority, they often develop a lack of patience in listening to those under them. A deaf ear is the first indication of a closed mind.

You see, when our attitudes outdistance our abilities, even the impossible becomes possible.

Must manage your thought life daily and then you can manage your life.

Image is what people think we are; integrity is whar we really are.

A leader who produces other leaders multiples their influences.

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.

Leaders see everything with a leadership bias. Their focus is on mobilizing people and leveraging resources to achieve their goals rather than on using their own individual efforts. Leaders who want to succeed maximize every asset and resource they have for the benefit of their organization. For that reason, they are continually aware of what they have at their disposal.

You cannot change your life until you change something you do every day.