John C. Maxwell Quotes

When the leader lacks confidence, the followers lack commitment.

A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.

Your attitude is like the minds paintbrush. It can paint everything in bright, vibrant colors-creating a masterspiece.

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.

Today Matters People create success in their lives by focusing on today. It may sound trite, but today is the only time you have. It’s too late for yesterday. And you can’t depend on tomorrow. That’s why today matters.

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

If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone.

Creativity requires a willingness to look stupid.

The whole idea of motivation is a trap. Forget motivation. Just do it.

Yesterday ended last night.

God uses people who fail — 'cause there aren't any other kind around.

Dreams don’t work unless you do

When was the last time you did something for the first time?

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.

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