“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
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John C. Maxwell
“knowledge alone is not power. Knowledge has value only in the hands of someone who has the ability to think well. People must learn how to think well to achieve their dreams and to reach their potential.”
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John C. Maxwell
“People do not care how much you know until they know how much you care.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Have to sow excellent seeds to have an excellent life. Must start with sowing excellent thoughts.”
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John C. Maxwell
“What can I say to get others involved around the table? How can I draw them in?”
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John C. Maxwell
“Dreams often come one size too big so that we can grow into them.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Nothing of significance was ever achieved without people working together.”
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John C. Maxwell
“The whole idea of motivation is a trap. Forget motivation.
Just do it. Exercise, lose weight, test your blood sugar, or
whatever. Do it without motivation. And then, guess what?
After you start doing the thing, that's when the motivation
comes and makes it easy for you to keep on doing it.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Fellas, things are going to change. I know how bad DeMatha’s teams have been during these last few years, but that’s over with. We’re going to win at DeMatha and we’re going to build a tradition of winning. Starting right now . . . But let me tell you how we’re going to do it. We’re going to outwork every team we ever play . . . With a lot of hard work and discipline and dedication, people are going to hear about us and respect us, because DeMatha will be a winner.”
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John C. Maxwell
“you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be.”
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John C. Maxwell
“The one thing you need to know about teamwork is that there is more than one thing you need to know about teamwork.”
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John C. Maxwell
“If you want to be productive, you should try to learn to get joy from what gives the greatest return and discipline yourself to do those things.”
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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
“More than anything else, what keeps a person going in the midst of adversity is having a sense of purpose. It is the fuel that powers persistence.”
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John C. Maxwell
