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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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Leaders who are kind of insecure or egocentric, they basically sabotage themselves.
John C. Maxwell
Kind
Insecure
Sabotage
Leaders
Egocentric
Themselves
Who
Basically
Good leaders must communicate vision clearly, creatively, and continually. However, the vision doesn't come alive until the leader models it.
John C. Maxwell
Good
Communicate
Vision
Leader
Alive
Must
Leaders
Clearly
Come
Until
Continually
However
Models
Creatively
The dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential.
John C. Maxwell
Dreams
Wealth
Keys
Unlock
Potential
Powerful
Within
Passions
Hearts
Stored
Which
Ideas have a short shelf life. You must act on them before the expiration date.
John C. Maxwell
Life
You
Before
Must
Date
Ideas
Shelf
Shelf Life
Short
Them
Act
When your dream is bigger than you are, you only have two choices: give up or get help.
John C. Maxwell
You
Dream
Give
Only
Up
Than
Get
Bigger
Choices
Your
Your Dream
Help
Two
A lack of realism in the vision today costs credibility tomorrow.
John C. Maxwell
Today
Vision
Tomorrow
Costs
Lack
Realism
Credibility
You will never fulfill your destiny doing work you despise.
John C. Maxwell
Work
You
Will
Despise
Destiny
Never
Doing
Fulfill
Your
Inability to make decisions is one of the principal reasons executives fail. Deficiency in decision-making ranks much higher than lack of specific knowledge or technical know-how as an indicator of leadership failure.
John C. Maxwell
Leadership
Failure
Knowledge
Deficiency
Ranks
Indicator
Higher
Fail
Know-How
Principal
Make
Executives
Than
Lack
Inability
Decision-Making
Decisions
Much
Reasons
Technical
Specific
The best way a mentor can prepare another leader is to expose him or her to other great people.
John C. Maxwell
Best
Great
People
Leader
Other
Way
Best Way
Great People
Mentor
Him
Another
Expose
Prepare
Her
All good leaders are connectors. They relate well and make people feel confident about themselves and their leader.
John C. Maxwell
Good
People
Leader
Relate
About
Leaders
Feel
Well
Make
Confident
Themselves
Success comes to those who have an entire mountain of gold that they continually mine, not those who find one nugget and try to live on it for fifty years.
John C. Maxwell
Success
Try
Live
Mine
Those
Find
Entire
Continually
Years
Mountain
Gold
Fifty
Who
Leaders who fail to prune their pride will meet demise. That's not a guess, it's a guarantee. With pride, it's not a matter of 'if' we will fall, but 'when.' There are no exceptions.
John C. Maxwell
Pride
Matter
Will
Fall
Meet
Guess
Exceptions
Fail
Leaders
Demise
Prune
Who
Guarantee
Dividers seek to make themselves look or feel better by making others feel worse. They damage relationships, fracture teams and organizations, and create havoc in people's lives.
John C. Maxwell
People
Better
Others
Relationships
Worse
Seek
Havoc
Feel
Look
Make
Making
Themselves
Create
Organizations
Teams
Lives
Damage
To remain a credible leader, I must always work first, hardest, and longest on changing myself. This is neither easy nor natural, but it is essential.
John C. Maxwell
Work
Myself
Natural
Leader
First
Changing
Neither
Must
Easy
Remain
Longest
Always
Nor
Essential
Credible
Hardest
Life can be boring unless you put some effort into it.
John C. Maxwell
Life
You
Unless
Boring
Some
Put
Effort
Time is more valuable than money, because time is irreplaceable.
John C. Maxwell
Time
Money
Valuable
More
Because
Than
Irreplaceable
Pride deafens us to the advice or warnings of those around us.
John C. Maxwell
Pride
Advice
Those
Around
Us
Warnings
Policies are many, Principles are few, Policies will change, Principles never do.
John C. Maxwell
Change
Will
Few
Never
Policies
Principles
Many
It seems the older you get, the more life comes into focus.
John C. Maxwell
Life
You
Focus
Older
Seems
More
Get
The experience of pain or loss can be a formidably motivating force.
John C. Maxwell
Experience
Pain
Force
Motivating
Loss
The best leaders are readers of people. They have the intuitive ability to understand others by discerning how they feel and recognizing what they sense.
John C. Maxwell
Best
People
Sense
Others
Recognizing
Ability
Intuitive
Leaders
Feel
Discerning
Readers
Understand
How
People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life.
John C. Maxwell
Life
Time
People
Spend
Purpose
Advance
Wisely
Overall
Use
Who
Activities
Every person has a longing to be significant; to make a contribution; to be a part of something noble and purposeful.
John C. Maxwell
Longing
Every
Significant
Something
Purposeful
Part
Noble
Make
Person
Contribution
All of the people in my life whom I consider to be close friends or colleagues are good thinkers.
John C. Maxwell
Life
Good
People
My Life
Consider
Colleagues
Friends
Close
Close Friends
Whom
Thinkers
If you want to reach the top, don't run over others. Likely, the only way you'll reach the top is to be carried there by others.
John C. Maxwell
You
Others
Top
Way
Carried
Run
Only
Over
Reach
Likely
Want
Good thinkers always prime the pump of ideas. They always look for things to get the thinking process started, because what you put in always impacts what comes out.
John C. Maxwell
Good
You
Thinking
Pump
Out
Impacts
Put
Prime
Ideas
Look
Because
Always
Get
Process
Things
Started
Thinkers
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