“The great men and women of history were not great because of what they earned and owned, but rather for what they gave their lives to accomplish.”
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John C. Maxwell
“El lamento nos deja sin energía. No podemos construir sobre el lamento. El temor al futuro nos distrae y nos llena de aprensión.”
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John C. Maxwell
“You never really know something until you teach it to someone else.”
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John C. Maxwell
“If we despise the position we have, it may be because of what I call “destination disease,” which can also be called the greener grass syndrome. If we focus on being some other place because we think it’s better, then we will neither enjoy where we are nor do what we must to succeed.
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John C. Maxwell
“Successful leaders are like icebergs. When you look at an iceberg, you see only about 10 percent of it, and the rest of it is hidden under the water. When you look at successful leaders, you see only a fraction of their lives. You see the part that looks really good, but there’s usually a lot that remains hidden that’s neither exciting nor glamorous.”
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John C. Maxwell
“When you make a commitment, you create hope. When you keep a commitment, you create trust.”
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John C. Maxwell
“No matter what our circumstances, our greatest limitation isn’t the leader above us—it’s the spirit within us.”
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John C. Maxwell
“The most important personal-growth phrase you will ever hear a good leader say to you is “follow me.”
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John C. Maxwell
“People change when they ... Hurt enough that they have to, Learn enough that they want to, and Receive enough that they are able to.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Eleanor Roosevelt commented, "Life is like a parachute jump; you've got to get it right the first time.”
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John C. Maxwell
“No one can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself.”
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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
“Not realizing what you want is a problem of knowledge. Not pursuing what you want is a problem of motivation. Not achieving what you want is a problem of persistence.”
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John C. Maxwell
