John C. Maxwell Quotes

There are no short cuts to any place worth going.

There is no life as empty as the self-centered life. There is no life as centered as the self-empty life.

you can act your way into feeling long before you can feel your way into action. If you wait until you feel like doing something, you will likely never accomplish it.

To Stay Focused in Life:

You can't know everyone
You can't do everything
You can't go everywhere

We have to pick and choose between good and a little bit better.

One of the greatest problems people have with failure is that they are too quick to judge isolated situations in their lives and label them as failures. Instead, they need to keep the bigger picture in mind.

Always turn to God in the midst of your struggle and view people who offended you as an instruments of divine sovereignty.

Dont ever be impressed with goal setting; be impressed with goal getting. Reaching new goals and moving to a higher level of performance always requires change, and change feels awkward. But take comfort in the knowledge that if a change doesn't feel uncomfortable, then it's propably not really a change.

Leadership is influence — nothing more, nothing less. If you are being salt and light as Jesus commanded, then you have begun to obey God’s call to leadership.

The bottom line in leadership isn't how far we advance ourselves but how far we advance others.

Until thought is linked with purpose there is no intelligent accomplishment.

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” -John C. Maxwell

The greatest enemy of good thinking is busyness.

"The best leaders are those who understand that their power comes not from their position, but from their ability to empower others." The 5 Levels of Leadership" (2011) page 21

Real leadership is being the person others will gladly and confidently follow.

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