The bookends of success are starting and finishing. Decisions help us start; discipline helps us finish. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Many people help construct our attitudes at a certain time and place. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
To help people believe they can achieve victory, put them in a position to experience small successes. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
No one stands taller in the climb to success than when he bends over to help up someone else. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
If you want to improve your world, then focus your attention on helping others. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
The leader's attitude helps determine the attitudes of the followers. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Goals not only help you develop initial motivation by making your dreams obtainable, but they also help you continue to be motivated… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
What I did in the book [Today Matters] is I tried to help a person make their day - every day -… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I can afford to take a risk in my life. Only the insecure cannot afford to risk failure. The secure can be… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
The bottom line on attitude is that a good one helps to increase your possibilities. Pessimists usually get what they expect. So… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
In my experience, followers always ask leaders 3 questions: 1) Do you care 4 me? 2) Can you help me? 3) Can I trust you? — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I think many people believe the best way they can help others is to criticize them, to give them the benefit of… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Become a coach, not a king. A coach brings out the best in others, helping them to reach deep down inside and… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I always find the greatest help I receive is from people who have been where I have been, but now they're no… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
What am I doing with the gifts that have been given and the opportunities that are mine to make things better for… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
A successful person finds the right place for himself. But a successful leader finds the right place for others. Few things in… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
To help [people] understand that what you shortcut today, cannot be made up tomorrow. So it's like, I'm not going to do… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
People have a seed to success within them. Most never find it and therefore fail to reach their potential. Occasionally, a leader… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Cats do what cats do, ducks do what ducks do, and eagles do what eagles, do. If you take a duck and… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
We tend to become what the most important person in our life thinks we will become. Think the best, believe the best,… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
The law of the [Cub Scout] pack guides the boys to move in the direction of being helpful, friendly, courteous, trustworthy and… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Every time you make a mistake, don’t bring up everything that’s wrong with yourself; tell yourself that you’re paying the price for… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
By the time I went to the pulpit, the vision was never on the same level as when God first gave it… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
The position does not make you a leader. The title, the promotion, the fancy corner office do not make you a leader.… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
One of the greatest values of mentors is the ability to see ahead what others cannot see and to help them navigate… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Leaders create and inspire new leaders by instilling faith in their leadership abilities and helping them develop and hone leadership skills they… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I wrote the book [Today Matters] because I have a passion to help people personally grow. Really what it is, it's a… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
If you believe in others and give them a positive reputation to uphold, you can help them to become better than they… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I thought if I was open and honest, it would help the reader to get open and honest, and they also would… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
What you give to help others, builds them up enough that they are able to give to others. It's a cycle that… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
If you keep your mind active, regularly take on mental challenges, and continually think about the right things, you will develop the… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
If you want to help others and become a person of influence, keep smiling, sharing, giving, and turning the other cheek. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Whenever I mentor people and help them discover their purpose, I always encourage them to start the process by discovering their strengths,… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
If you're not doing something with your life, then it doesn’t matter how long you live. If you're doing something with your… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
If you don't love where you are right now, you won't love where you are going. Here is what I know: People… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
If you have great people around you, they will take you higher than your dream will. Leaders are never self-made. Those closest… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Now more than ever I am aware that a person's significant birthdays can either mark the passage of time, or they can… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Self fulfillment thinks of how something serves me. Self development thinks of how something helps me to serve others. With self fulfillment,… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“Why do so many people do nothing? I think it’s because most of us look at the evils and injustice around us, and we… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share
Goals not only help you develop initial motivation by making your dreams obtainable, but they also help you continue to be motivated and that… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share
Vision is a picture of a desired future; a picture of something that I don't possess right now, but it is something I want… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share
If you want to make your mother happy, talk to her. If you want to make your father happy, listen. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share
Passion gives you an advantage over others, because one person with passion is greater than ninety-nine who have only an interest! — John C. Maxwell Copy Share
I thought if I was open and honest, it would help the reader to get open and honest, and they also would realize sometimes… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share
A person who has a dream knows what he is willing to give up in order to go up. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share
The bottom line on attitude is that a good one helps to increase your possibilities. Pessimists usually get what they expect. So do optimists. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share
Working together precedes winning together...collaboration is multiplication. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share
Leaders don't rise to the pinnacle of success without developing the right set of attitudes and habits; they make every day a masterpiece. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share
Your leadership skills determine the level of your success, and the success of those who work around you. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share
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