“There is no future in any job. The future lies in the person who holds the job.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“The great men and women of history were not great because of what they earned and owned, but rather for what they gave their lives to accomplish.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“The Pareto Principle 20 percent of your priorities will give you 80 percent of your production IF you spend your time, energy, money, and personnel on the top 20 percent of your priorities.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“It doesn’t matter how much milk you spill as long as you don’t lose your cow!”
―
John C. Maxwell
“POSITIVE ATTITUDE: THE FIRST KEY TO WHAT HAPPENS IN YOU”
―
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
“One of the most striking scenes of the 1970s was Hubert Humphrey’s funeral. Seated next to Hubert’s beloved wife was former President Richard M. Nixon, a long-time political adversary of Humphrey, and a man disgraced by Watergate. Humphrey himself had asked Nixon to have that place of honor. Three days before Senator Humphrey died, Jesse Jackson visited him in the hospital. Humphrey told Jackson that he had just called Nixon. Reverend Jackson, knowing their past relationship, asked Humphrey why. Here is what Hubert Humphrey had to say, From this vantage point, with the sun setting in my life, all of the speeches, the political conventions, the crowds, and the great fights are behind me. At a time like this you are forced to deal with your irreducible essence, forced to grapple with that which is really important. And what I have concluded about life is that when all is said and done, we must forgive each other, redeem each other, and move on. Do”
―
John C. Maxwell
“Efficiency is the foundation for survival. Effectiveness is the foundation of success.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“We need to decide how we want to be treated. Then we need to begin treating others in that manner.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“As a leader, you should not be trying to carry everything yourself. To be successful, you must share the load. But you must have highly capable people to hand things off to.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“Real leadership is being the person others will gladly and confidently follow.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“The first key to greatness,” Socrates reminds us, “is to be in reality what we appear to be.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“Of all the things a leader should fear, complacency should head the list. —John C. Maxwell”
―
John C. Maxwell
“We feel unhappy and confused with our life when we don't do the focus or calling that God has on our life.”
―
John C. Maxwell
