“You can't move people to action unless you first move them with emotion.... The heart comes before the head.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“I got to the top the hard way—fighting my own laziness and ignorance every step of the way.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“You can’t stop people from thinking—but you can start them.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“Cartoonist Henri Arnold said, “The wise man questions himself, the fool others.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“You learn resiliency and tenacity during tough assignments, not easy ones. When tough choices have to be made and results are difficult to achieve, leaders are forged.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“experience alone does not add value to a life. It’s not necessarily experience that is valuable; it’s the insight people gain because of their experience
―
John C. Maxwell
“Connect emotionally through facial expressions, laughter, and tears.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“1. Cop-outs. People who have no goals and do not commit. 2. Holdouts. People who don’t know if they can reach their goals, so they’re afraid to commit. 3. Dropouts. People who start toward a goal but quit when the going gets tough. 4. All-outs. People who set goals, commit to them, and pay the price to reach”
―
John C. Maxwell
“You have to be yourself while speaking someone else’s language.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“When you make a commitment, you create hope. When you keep a commitment, you create trust.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“My Influence My life shall touch a dozen lives Before this day is done. Leave countless marks of good or ill, E’er sets the evening sun. This, the wish I always wish, The prayer I always pray; Lord, may my life help others’ lives It touches by the way.7”
―
John C. Maxwell
“The measure of a leader is not the number of people who serve him, but the number of people he serves.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“Humility is not denying your strengths. Humility is being honest about your weaknesses. All of us are a bundle of both great strengths and great weaknesses and humility is being able to be honest about both.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“Thomas Jefferson said, “It’s wonderful how much can be done if we are always working.”
―
John C. Maxwell
