John C. Maxwell Quotes

I have to live with myself, and so I want to be fit for myself to know, I want to be able, as days go by, Always to look myself straight in the eye; I don’t want to stand, with the setting sun, And ha...

I heard a story about a critical, negative barber who never had a pleasant thing to say. A salesman came in for a haircut and mentioned that he was about to make a trip to Rome, Italy. What airline ar...

I love the story about the old farmer, ragged and barefooted, who sat on the steps of his tumbledown shack, chewing on a stem of grass. A passerby stopped and asked if he might have a drink of water....

I love the story of the salesman who sat looking through the window of a hotel restaurant. Outside raged a blinding snowstorm. Do you think the roads will be clear enough in the morning to travel? he...

I may not be able to change the world I see around me, but I can change what I see within me.

I strongly encourage you to find a place to think and to discipline yourself to pause and use it, because it has the potential to change your life. It can help you to figure out what’s really importan...

I will build a motorcar for the multitude. It will be large enough for the family but small enough for the individual to run and care for. It will be constructed of the best materials, by the best men...

INTEGRITY—Did I do my best? EXPECTATION—Did I please my sponsor? RELEVANCE—Did I understand and relate to the audience? VALUE—Did I add value to the people? APPLICATION—Did I give people a game plan?...

If a team is to reach its potential, each player must be willing to subordinate his personal goals to the good of the team.

If the reaction is worse than the action, the problem usually increases. If the reaction is less than the action, the problem usually decreases.

If you always do what you've always done, then you will always get what you've always gotten.

If you can learn that, then no matter what happens to you, you can weather the storm and build on the good you find in any situation.

If you can't influence people, then they will not follow you. And if people won't follow, you are not a leader. That's the Law of Influence.

If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it enough.

If you know something without having lived it, your audience experiences a credibility gap.

If you really want to be an uncommon leader, you’re going to have to find a way to get much of your vision seen, implemented, and added to by others.

It doesn’t matter how much milk you spill as long as you don’t lose your cow!

It’s easier to move from failure to success than from excuses to success.

John W. Gardner observed, If I had to name a single all-purpose instrument of leadership, it would be communication.

Just as personal values influence and guide an individual’s behavior, organizational values influence and guide the team’s behavior.