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John C. Maxwell Quotes
John C. Maxwell
American
Clergyman
Born:
Feb 20
,
1947
Good
Leader
Life
People
Vision
You
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People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.
John C. Maxwell
Attitude
People
Words
Feel
Hear
May
Your
The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.
John C. Maxwell
Success
Daily
Secret
Determined
The Secret Of
Agenda
Success Is
Your
There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. 'Good pride' represents our dignity and self-respect. 'Bad pride' is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.
John C. Maxwell
Good
Self-Respect
Dignity
Arrogance
Pride
Our
Bad
Kinds
Superiority
Both
Sin
Conceit
Deadly
Represents
Good And Bad
Two
A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
John C. Maxwell
Wisdom
Man
Strong
Smart
Mistakes
Big
Profit
Enough
Correct
Must
Admit
Big Enough
His
Them
A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.
John C. Maxwell
Life
Teacher
Change
Marriage
Inspire
Word
Leader
Encouragement
Potential
Reach
Spouse
Child
Person
Her
Save
Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.
John C. Maxwell
Ahead
Enough
Relate
Others
Must
Leaders
Motivate
Close
Them
Far
Without failure there is no achievement.
John C. Maxwell
Failure
Achievement
Without
Your attitude towards failure determines your altitude after failure.
John C. Maxwell
Attitude
Failure
Determines
Towards
Altitude
After
Your
If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it - young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous - is changed by it.
John C. Maxwell
Needs
You
Old
Leader
Encouragement
Young
Changed
Unknown
Everyone
Never
Never Forget
Forget
Famous
Successful
Should
Who
Receives
Teamwork makes the dream work, but a vision becomes a nightmare when the leader has a big dream and a bad team.
John C. Maxwell
Work
Vision
Leader
Big
Bad
Dream
Makes
Becomes
Team
Teamwork
Nightmare
A minute of thought is greater than an hour of talk.
John C. Maxwell
Thought
Minute
Hour
Talk
Greater
Than
Failed plans should not be interpreted as a failed vision. Visions don't change, they are only refined. Plans rarely stay the same, and are scrapped or adjusted as needed. Be stubborn about the vision, but flexible with your plan.
John C. Maxwell
Change
Vision
Visions
Adjusted
Stay
Rarely
About
Only
Stubborn
Failed
Refined
Same
Plan
Should
Your
Flexible
Plans
Interpreted
Needed
Time management is an oxymoron. Time is beyond our control, and the clock keeps ticking regardless of how we lead our lives. Priority management is the answer to maximizing the time we have.
John C. Maxwell
Time
Management
Control
Our
Our Lives
Lead
Beyond
Ticking
Answer
How
Priority
Time Management
Clock
Maximizing
Oxymoron
Regardless
Lives
Keeps
People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.
John C. Maxwell
Buy
Leadership
People
Vision
Leader
Before
When you are full of pride on the inside, it makes you stiff, stubborn, and creates strife with others.
John C. Maxwell
You
Pride
Others
Strife
Inside
Stubborn
Makes
Stiff
Creates
Full
The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up.
John C. Maxwell
Life
Attitude
Day
Responsibility
Our
Mine
Total
Take
Attitudes
Greatest
Truly
Up
Your
Grow
Grow Up
Learn to say 'no' to the good so you can say 'yes' to the best.
John C. Maxwell
Best
Good
You
Say
Learn
Yes
As a leader, the first person I need to lead is me. The first person that I should try to change is me.
John C. Maxwell
Me
Change
Try
Leader
First
Lead
First-Person
Person
Should
Need
Everyone has the potential to become an encourager. You don't have to be rich. You don't have to be a genius. You don't have to have it all together. All you have to do is care about people and initiate.
John C. Maxwell
You
Together
People
Genius
Care
Become
Rich
Everyone
About
Potential
Initiate
The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure.
John C. Maxwell
Failure
People
Perception
Response
Between
Difference
Achieving
Average
Average People
Success is due to our stretching to the challenges of life. Failure comes when we shrink from them.
John C. Maxwell
Life
Success
Failure
Challenges
Stretching
Our
Due
Them
Success Is
Shrink
Growth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from the pack, it's almost always due to personal growth.
John C. Maxwell
Great
Beginning
Those
See
Almost
Between
Always
Due
Person
Personal
Personal Growth
Pack
Succeed
Themselves
Separate
Who
Growth
Self-centered leaders manipulate when they move people for personal benefit. Mature leaders motivate by moving people for mutual benefit.
John C. Maxwell
People
Benefit
Mutual
Self-Centered
Leaders
Motivate
Mature
Personal
Move
Manipulate
Moving
The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.
John C. Maxwell
Great
Mistake
Fear
Will
Living
Constant
Make
Greatest
Have the humility to learn from those around you.
John C. Maxwell
You
Humility
Those
Learn
Around
To add value to others, one must first value others.
John C. Maxwell
Value
First
Add
Others
Must
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