“Errors become mistakes when we perceive them and respond to them incorrectly. Mistakes become failures when we continually respond to them incorrectly.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“Successful people are good in four areas: relationships, equipping, attitude, and leadership
―
John C. Maxwell
“Believe while others are doubting. Plan while others are playing. Study while others are sleeping. Decide while others are delaying. Prepare while others are daydreaming. Begin while others are procrastinating. Work while others are wishing. Save while others are wasting. Listen while others are talking. Smile while others are frowning. Commend while others are criticizing. Persist while others are quitting.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“We the uninformed, working for the inaccessible, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful!”
―
John C. Maxwell
“No one can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“Focus on what’s important to them and you will be one of the most interesting people they’ve ever met.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“The best way to become a person that others are drawn to is to develop qualities that we are attracted to in others.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“In most cases, those who want power probably shouldn't have it, those who enjoy it probably do so for the wrong reasons, and those who want most to hold on to it don't understand that it's only temporary.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“You have to link what you want to say to what others’ needs are.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“If a team is to reach its potential, each player must be willing to subordinate his personal goals to the good of the team.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“Even the choicest words lose their power when they are used to overpower.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“If you want to be the best leader you can possibly be, no matter how much or how little natural leadership talent you possess, you need to become a serving leader.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“For a team to succeed, responsibility must go down deep into the organization, down to the roots. Getting that to happen requires a leader who will delegate responsibility and authority to the team. Stephen Covey remarked, “People and organizations don’t grow much without delegation and completed staff work, because they are confined to the capacities of the boss and reflect both personal strengths and weaknesses.” Good leaders seldom restrict their teams; they release them.”
―
John C. Maxwell
