“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
“People tend to become what the most important people in their lives think they will become.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it enough.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“Errors become mistakes when we perceive them and respond to them incorrectly. Mistakes become failures when we continually respond to them incorrectly.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“there is no future in any job. The future lies in the man who holds the job.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“A good leader encourages followers to tell him what he needs to know, not what he wants to hear”
―
John C. Maxwell
“many people have produced great results who were not “qualified.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“Leadership is developed, not discovered. It’s a process.
―
John C. Maxwell
“If you combine your thoughts with the thoughts of others, you will come up with thoughts you’ve never had!”
―
John C. Maxwell
“Mark Twain said, “We should be careful to get out of an experience all the wisdom that is in it—not like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove lid again—and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“One of the ways Coach Wooden used to do that was to ask his players to acknowledge the skills and contributions of others. He told each player that if a teammate made a great pass or set a pick that allowed him to score, he should acknowledge the teammate on the way back down the court. One time a player asked, “Coach, if we do that, what if the teammate that made the assist isn’t looking?” Coach Wooden replied, “He will always be looking.” Coach knew that people look for and thrive on acknowledgment and appreciation.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“The higher you want to climb, the more you need leadership. The greater the impact you want to make, the greater your influence needs to be.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“only people who can see the invisible can do the impossible.”
―
John C. Maxwell
