“One day when the Raiders were in Oakland, a reporter visited their locker room to talk to Ken Stabler. Stabler really wasn’t known as an intellectual, but he was a good quarterback. This newspaperman read him some English prose: “I would rather be ashes than dust. I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than that it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy, impermanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.” After reading this to the quarterback, the reporter asked, “What does this mean to you?” Stabler immediately replied, “Throw deep.” Go after it. Go out to win in life.”
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John C. Maxwell
“The problem with popular thinking is that it doesn’t require you to think at all.” —Kevin Myers”
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John C. Maxwell
“I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: The ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.” If you want to lead on the highest level, be willing to serve on the lowest.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Every human being has value, and every player on a team adds value to the team in some way.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Most People have a desire to look for the exception instead of the desire to become exceptional. ”
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John C. Maxwell
“En Harvard y otras universidades, estudiaron la importancia de la actitud en el éxito de las personas. Se descubrió que la actitud era mucho más importante que la inteligencia, la educación, el talento especial o la suerte. De hecho, se llegó a la conclusión de que hasta un 85% del éxito en la vida se debe a tener una actitud positiva y educable, mientras que sólo un 15% se debe a la capacidad.”
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John C. Maxwell
“You can't move people to action unless you first move them with emotion.... The heart comes before the head.”
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John C. Maxwell
“It is true: most people are more satisfied with old problems than committed to finding new solutions.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Tend to the people, and they will tend to the business.”
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John C. Maxwell
“El que piensa que dirige y no tiene a nadie siguiéndole, sólo está dando un paseo.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Management is the process of assuring that the program and objectives of the organization are implemented. Leadership, on the other hand, has to do with casting vision and motivating people.”
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John C. Maxwell
“I want to make a difference with people who want to make a difference, doing something that makes a difference.”
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John C. Maxwell
“The only way to change how you view life is to change who you are on the inside.”
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John C. Maxwell
“When you realize that people treat you according to how they see themselves rather than how you really are, you are less likely to be affected by their behavior.”
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John C. Maxwell
