John C. Maxwell Quotes

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“Your attitude is like the minds paintbrush. It can paint everything in bright, vibrant colors-creating a masterspiece.”

“In most cases, those who want power probably shouldn't have it, those who enjoy it probably do so for the wrong reasons, and those who want most to hold on to it don't understand that it's only temporary.”

“Life is now in session. Are you present?”

“It's better to prepare than to repair.”

“The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to… failure.”

“People are never able to outperform their self-image.”

“It's good to be out of your comfort zone. Just don't step out of your gift zone.”

“Sometimes you WIN
Sometimes you LEARN.”

“And most important, listen.”

“Excellence connects.”

“Passion gives you energy.”

“Maturity is knowing that you need to give up things today for greater gains tomorrow.”

“We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.”

“If I had my life to do over again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner.”

“Unlearning is a prerequisite for growth.”

“Successful people do two things that many other people don’t: They initiate action, and they finish what they start.”

“Successful people don’t allow their feelings to determine their behavior. They behave their way into feeling so that they can do what they must to grow and keep moving forward.”

“Successful people are realistic about their problems and find positive ways to approach them.”

“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at actually begin to change.”

“Change occurs by following this process: New Information is accepted. A new attitude is adopted. A new behavior is practiced. New conviction influence others.”

“To grow you must be willing to let your present and future be totally unlike your past.”

“The person who insists on using yesterdays methods in today’s world won’t be in business tomorrow.”

“Most people would rather change their circumstances to improve their lives when instead they to change themselves to improve their circumstances.”

“For everything we gain we lose something.”

“Leaders resist change as mush as followers do, unless the change is their idea.”

“Ignorance means you didn’t have the necessary knowledge. A person can hardly be blamed for that. Stupidity is the result of knowing what to do but not acting upon that knowledge.”

“Most failures are people who have the habit of making excuses.”

“Success lies in having made the effort; failure lies in never having tried.”

“Ninety Percent of those who fail are not actually defeated they simply quit.”

“Failure is the cost of seeking new challenges.”

“Some people treat adversity as a stepping stone, others as a tombstone.”

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”

“Positive thinking is how you think about a problem. Enthusiasm is how you feel about a problem. The two together determine what you do about the problem.”

“Circumstances are the rulers of the weak, but they are the instruments of the wise.”

“Circumstances does not make the man; it reveals him to himself. That is true only if you allow it to.”

“Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and then become more extraordinary because of it.”

“People begin to make the biggest changes when they hurt enough to have to.”

“As long as I am still learning, I will always have something to say and be able to add value to others.”

“It’s good to remember that in science, mistakes always precede discoveries. Be teachable.”

“Being teachable requires two things: Capacity and attitude.”

“Living to your full potential requires you to keep learning and expanding yourself.”

“Possessing the intentional attitude and behavior to keep learning and growing throughout life is teachability.”

“Positive thinking must be followed with positive doing.”

“It takes no courage to be an optimist, but it takes a great deal of courage to have hope.”

“Optimism is a passive virtue, hope is an active one.”

“Optimism is the belief that things will get better. Hope is the faith that, together, we can make things better.”

“Hope always has a future.”

“Losses in life are never fun, but there is one loss no one can afford to experience, the loss of hope.”

“Knowledge may come from study, but wisdom come from learning and improving in the wake of your mistakes.”