“When you realize that people treat you according to how they see themselves rather than how you really are, you are less likely to be affected by their behavior. Your self-image will reflect who you are, not how you’re treated by others. You will not be riding an emotional roller roaster. This type of stability will have a tremendous effect on how you feel toward and deal with others. The key to successful relationships really gets down to responsibility. I am responsible for how I treat others. I may not be responsible for how they treat me, but I am responsible for my reaction to those who are difficult. I can’t choose how you’ll treat me, but I can choose how I will respond to you.”
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John C. Maxwell
“you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Example is not the main thing in influencing others . . . it is the only thing.”
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John C. Maxwell
“As long as you are hanging around amateurs, you will think like an amateur, and you will not improve your skills.”
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John C. Maxwell
“The beauty of trust is that it erases worry and frees you to get on with other matters. Trust means confidence.”
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John C. Maxwell
“I got to the top the hard way—fighting my own laziness and ignorance every step of the way.”
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John C. Maxwell
“If you wait until you feel like doing something, you will likely never accomplish it.”
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John C. Maxwell
“There is definitely a link between ownership and success. You don’t get the latter without the former,”
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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
“When you are able to create a lonely place in the middle of your actions and concerns, your successes and failures slowly can lose some of their power over you.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.” —Saadi”
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John C. Maxwell
“The way President Abraham Lincoln is said to have handled a person who had a know-it-all attitude. Lincoln asked, “How many legs will a sheep have if you call a tail a leg?”
“Five,” the man answered.
“No,” replied Lincoln, “he’ll still have four, because calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it one.”
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John C. Maxwell
“An infant is born with a clenched fist; a man dies with an open hand. Life has a way of prying free the things we think are so important.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Connecting has a lot to do with letting who you are influence everything you do.”
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John C. Maxwell
