“People who achieve their potential do so because they invest in themselves every day.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Your mission is to become better today than you were yesterday.”
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John C. Maxwell
“The Situation Principle: Never let the situation mean more than the relationship.”
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John C. Maxwell
“NO NOTES. This was truly an oral event. Storytellers didn’t read their stories; they told them, which allowed for eye contact.”
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John C. Maxwell
“You cannot kindle a fire in any other heart until it is burning within your own.”
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John C. Maxwell
“The Right Thought plus the Right People in the Right Environment at the Right Time for the Right Reason = the Right Result”
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John C. Maxwell
“If people are prepared to be flexible, keep an open mind and learn, they will grow richer and richer through the changes.”
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John C. Maxwell
“As Thomas Jefferson proclaimed, “In matters of fashion, swim with the current. In matters of conscience, stand like a rock.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Good thinking will improve your life. It will help you to become an achiever.”
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John C. Maxwell
“One of the most striking scenes of the 1970s was Hubert Humphrey’s funeral. Seated next to Hubert’s beloved wife was former President Richard M. Nixon, a long-time political adversary of Humphrey, and a man disgraced by Watergate. Humphrey himself had asked Nixon to have that place of honor. Three days before Senator Humphrey died, Jesse Jackson visited him in the hospital. Humphrey told Jackson that he had just called Nixon. Reverend Jackson, knowing their past relationship, asked Humphrey why. Here is what Hubert Humphrey had to say, From this vantage point, with the sun setting in my life, all of the speeches, the political conventions, the crowds, and the great fights are behind me. At a time like this you are forced to deal with your irreducible essence, forced to grapple with that which is really important. And what I have concluded about life is that when all is said and done, we must forgive each other, redeem each other, and move on. Do”
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John C. Maxwell
“The ability to connect with others begins with understanding the value of people.”
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John C. Maxwell
“John W. Gardner observed, “If I had to name a single all-purpose instrument of leadership, it would be communication.”
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John C. Maxwell
