Want to impress others? Talk about your successes. Want to impact others? Talk about your failures. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Successful leaders have the courage to take action while others hesitate. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
To be successful, you can't just run on the fast track; run on your track. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Question for God every morning: What is the main event today? What do you want me to focus on today? — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Everything begins with a decision. Then, we have to manage that decision for the rest of your life. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
When problems confront successful leaders, they get excited about the opportunity. — 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
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
Do you value people who won't benefit you or only those who might contribute in some way to your success? Great team… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
If you are a leader, the true measure of your success is not getting people to work. It's not getting people to… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“People are training for success when they should be training for failure. Failure is far more common than success; poverty is more… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
We cannot accomplish as much as we think we can in one day and we can accomplish more than we think we… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
If you really want to be a successful leader, you must develop other leaders around you. You must establish a team. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Failure is an inside job. So is success. If you want to achieve, you have to win the war in your thinking… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
The best way to ensure success is to start growing today. No matter where you may be starting from, don't be discouraged;… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“To limit our lives to our past experiences is to cheat ourselves from developing our potential and increasing our possibilities for success.… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
If you aren't making any mistakes, it's a sure sign you're playing it too safe. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
If you want to achieve great things, you need to have a great dream. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
It's better to give ideas away and contribute to another person's success than to have them lying dormant. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I think we impress people by our success, but I think we impact them by our failures. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
To really become motivated to succeed, people need to believe they can win. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Your life begins to change when you change something you do every day. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
One person seeking glory doesn't accomplish much. Success is the result of people pulling together to meet common goals. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
The true test of relationships is not only how loyal someone is when we fail, but how thrilled they are when we… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
To achieve your dreams, you must embrace adversity and make failure a regular part of your life. If you're not failing, you're… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
To achieve all that is possible, we must attempt the impossible. To be all we can be, we must dream of being… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it - young or old,… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“Many succeed momentarily by what they know; Some succeed temporarily by what they do; but Few succeed permanently by what they are.” — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Integrity is important in building relationships. And is the foundation upon which many other qualities for success are built, such as respect,… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
In the book [Today Matters] I talk about successful people make important decisions early in their life, and then they manage those… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Success comes to those who have an entire mountain of gold that they continually mine, not those who find one nugget and… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Success is a continuing thing. It is growth and development. It is achieving one thing and using that as a stepping stone… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Profile of a winning team - They play to win. They have a winning attitude. They keep improving. They make their teammates… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
There are pockets of the church that will "give up," and reap a bountiful harvest. They are going to have huge success,… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Attitude is the first quality that marks the successful man. If he has a positive attitude and is a positive thinker, who… — 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