“Efficiency is the foundation for survival. Effectiveness is the foundation of success.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Risk must be evaluated not by the fear it generates in you or the probability of your success, but by the value of the goal.”
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John C. Maxwell
“To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful.”
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John C. Maxwell
“The bottom line in leadership isn’t how far we advance ourselves but how far we advance others.”
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John C. Maxwell
“As a leader, you don’t earn any points for failing in a noble cause. You don’t get credit for being “right” as you bring the organization to a halt. Your success is measured by your ability to actually take the people where they need to go. But you can do that only if the people first buy into you as a leader.”
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John C. Maxwell
“THE LAW OF COUNTABILITY Teammates Must Be Able to Count on Each Other When It Counts”
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John C. Maxwell
“Nothing much happens without a dream. For something really great to happen, it takes a really great dream.”
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John C. Maxwell
“There is nothing more tragic than when a Christian leader loses God’s anointing on his life by allowing himself to become sidetracked. There is no higher violation of God’s trust. For when a leader stumbles, others fall.”
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John C. Maxwell
“The truth is that leadership opportunities are plentiful and within reach of most people.”
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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
“One of the reasons people don’t achieve their dreams is that they desire to change their results without changing their thinking.”
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John C. Maxwell
“to put it as philosopher-poet Ralph Waldo Emerson did, “To be simple is to be great.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Your attitude, more than your aptitude, will determine your altitude.”
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John C. Maxwell
