John C. Maxwell Quotes

The higher you want to climb, the more you need leadership. The greater the impact you want to make, the greater your influence needs to be.

No, none of these things are the key. When it comes right down to it, I know of only one factor that separates those who consistently shine from those who don't: The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure. Nothing else has the same kind of impact on people's ability to achieve and to accomplish whatever their minds and hearts desire.

A winner knows how much he still has to learn, even when he is considered an expert by others. A loser wants to be considered an expert by others before he has learned enough to know how little he knows.

It's said that a wise person learns from his mistakes. A wiser one learns from others' mistakes. But the wisest person of all learns from others's successes.

Good leaders motivate others by their listening skills. We are to: avoid prejudicial first impressions; become less self-centered; withhold initial criticism; stay calm; listen with empathy; be active listeners; clarify what we hear; and recognize the healing power of listening. Then we are to act on what we hear

A Chinese proverb says, “Those who drink the water must remember those who dug the well.” Gratitude is one of the most attractive of all personal attributes;

Learn to say 'no' to the good so you can say 'yes' to the best.

Action is what converts human dreams into significance.

Your thinking, more than anything else, shapes the way you live. It’s really true that if you change your thinking, you can change your life.

Dreams don’t work unless you do

Everything looks like a failure in the middle.

You cannot overestimate the unimportance of practically everything.

The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.

People do not care how much you know until they know how much you care.