Often people fail to start or complete a task because they don't see any connection between what they're doing and what they… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Whenever a high-profile leader dies, people immediately attempt to summarize that person's life in a sentence. Often, critics and commentators get caught… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Nothing speaks like results. If you want to build the kind of credibility that connects with people, then deliver results before you… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Everyone has the potential to become an encourager. You don't have to be rich. You don't have to be a genius. You… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Everything you now do is something you have chosen to do. Some people don't want to believe that. But if you're over… — 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
The happiest people are those who have harvested their time in others. The unhappiest people are those who wonder how the world… — 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 may teach what they know, but they reproduce what they are. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Dividers seek to make themselves look or feel better by making others feel worse. They damage relationships, fracture teams and organizations, and… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
What I had been taught all my life was not true: experience is not the best teacher! Some people learn and grow… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Successful people don't have any fewer problems than unsuccessful people; they just have a different mindset in dealing with them. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
People who love life have charisma because they fill the room with positive energy. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
If you are in a leadership position, do not rely on your title to convince people to follow you. Build relationships. Win… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
No matter your title, people will not follow you if they don’t trust you. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
When pastors ask me if their people will buy this vision, I ask them two questions: "Have they bought into your leadership?"… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
The success of a vision is determined by its ownership by both the leader and the people. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I do a lot of conferences, a lot of leadership training. For about six or seven years I've been making this statement… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
The goal of the pastor is not to get people to show up but to get people to grow up. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Most people are not valued. Very few people have someone who believes in them. Very few have others love them unconditionally. Do… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Making matters worse is people's natural inclination to be easy on themselves, judging themselves according to their good intentions-while holding others to… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Most people who decide to grow personally find their first mentors in the pages of books. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
People rise and fall to meet your level of expectations for them. If you express skepticism and doubt in others, they will… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
A person who has a dream knows what he is willing to give up in order to go up. — 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 do optimists. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image