“Author Kenneth Blanchard says, “There’s a difference between interest and commitment. When you’re interested in doing something, you do it only when it’s convenient. When you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results.” That’s what leaders do. They commit and follow through.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Preparation (growth) + Attitude + Opportunity + Action (doing something about it) = Luck”
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John C. Maxwell
“Influencing others is a matter of disposition, not position.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Poet Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”
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John C. Maxwell
“You can’t stop people from thinking—but you can start them.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Don’t settle for poor performers. Keep in mind that one great person will always out-produce and out-perform two mediocre people.”
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John C. Maxwell
“we often place too much emphasis on making decisions and too little on managing the decisions we've already made.”
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John C. Maxwell
“life.When they find someone who can communicate something of value to them, they will usually listen.”
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John C. Maxwell
“When it comes to taking risks, I believe there are two kinds of people: those who don't dare try new things, and those who don't dare miss them.”
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John C. Maxwell
“A winner knows how much he still has to learn, even when he is considered an expert by others. A loser wants to be considered an expert by others before he has learned enough to know how little he knows.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Crisis doesn’t necessarily make character, but it certainly does reveal it. Adversity”
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John C. Maxwell
“Disappointment comes when reality falls short of our expectations. But nothing falls short of God’s expectations because He knows everything.”
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John C. Maxwell
“William A. Hewitt, Chairman of Deere and Company, says, “To be a leader you must preserve all through your life the attitude of being receptive to new ideas. The quality of leadership you will give will depend upon your ability to evaluate new ideas, to separate change for the sake of change from change for the sake of me.”
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John C. Maxwell
