“There’s only one thing more contagious than a good attitude—and that’s a bad attitude.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Successful leaders are like icebergs. When you look at an iceberg, you see only about 10 percent of it, and the rest of it is hidden under the water. When you look at successful leaders, you see only a fraction of their lives. You see the part that looks really good, but there’s usually a lot that remains hidden that’s neither exciting nor glamorous.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Leaders have to grow into their roles, and if the role becomes more demanding, the leader has to keep growing. Leadership is never a right. It’s a privilege and a responsibility. But it’s one that is open to anyone who’s willing to work hard enough to get it.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Everybody on a championship team doesn’t get publicity, but everyone can say he’s a champion.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Every successful person is someone who failed, yet never regarded himself as a failure.”
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John C. Maxwell
“You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have really lived, are the moments when you have done things in a spirit of love.”
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John C. Maxwell
“People cannot perform in a way inconsistent with the way they see themselves.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Care without candor creates dysfunctional relationships. Candor without care creates distant relationships.”
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John C. Maxwell
“When an archer misses the mark he turns and looks for the fault within himself. Failure to hit the bull’s-eye is never the fault of the target. To improve your aim, improve yourself.”
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John C. Maxwell
“You cannot kindle afire in any other heart until it is burning within your
-ELEANOR DOAN”
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John C. Maxwell
“Leaders are effective because of who they are on the inside—in the qualities that make them up as people. And to go to the highest level of leadership, people have to develop these traits from the inside out.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Tend to the people, and they will tend to the business.”
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John C. Maxwell
