JOHN C MAXWELL Quotes

Dont ever be impressed with goal setting; be impressed with goal getting. Reaching new goals and moving to a higher level of performance always requires change, and change feels awkward. But take comfort in the knowledge that if a change doesn't feel uncomfortable, then it's propably not really a change.
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If you want to do a few small things right, do them yourself. If you want to do great things and make a big impact, learn to delegate.
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How to prepare someone for leadership:I do it.I do it and you watch.You do it and I watch.You do it.You do it and someone else watches.
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Failures, repeated failures, are finger-prints on the road to achievement. .
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You will never change your life until you change something you do daily.
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Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time.
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If you do the things you need to do when you need to do them, then someday you can do the things you want do when you want to do them.
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Yesterday ended last night.
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In most cases, those who want power probably shouldn't have it, those who enjoy it probably do so for the wrong reasons, and those who want most to hold on to it don't understand that it's only temporary.
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The closest to perfection people ever come is when they write their resumes .
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You never really know something until you teach it to someone else.
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One of the major keys to success is to keep moving forward on the journey, making the best of the detours and interruptions, turning adversity into advantage.
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It's said that a wise person learns from his mistakes. A wiser one learns from others' mistakes. But the wisest person of all learns from others's successes.
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Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.
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You see, when our attitudes outdistance our abilities, even the impossible becomes possible.
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Attitude is the first quality that marks the successful man. If he has a positive attitude and is a positive thinker, who likes challenges and difficult situations, then he has half his success achieved.
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The leader’s Attitude is like a thermostat for the place she works. If her attitude is good, the atmosphere is pleasant, and the environment is easy to work in. But if her attitude is bad, the temperature is insufferable.
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The company owner doesn't need to win. The best idea does.
JOHN C MAXWELL
It is easier to move from failure to success in from excuses to success.
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Poem by Howard A. Walter (Character)I would be true, for there are those who trust me;I would be pure, for there are those who care;I would be strong, for there are those who suffer;I would be brave, for there is much to dare.I would be friend of all--- the foe, the friendless;I would be giving, and forget the gift;I would be humble, for I know my weakness;I would look up, and laugh, and love, and lift.
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The greatest enemy of good thinking is busyness.
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Experience alone isn’t a good enough teacher – evaluated experience is.
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A dream becomes a reality as a result of your actions, and your actions are controlled, to a large extent, by your habits.
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Advice is what we ask for when we already knew the answer but wish we didn't.
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Every person has a longing to be significant, to make a contribution, to be a part of something noble and purposeful.
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Nothing's work unless you'd rather be doing something else.
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People are never able to outperform their self-image.
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If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone.
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Charles Schwab: Be friends with everybody. When you have friends you will know there is somebody who will stand by you. You know the old saying, that if you have a single enemy you will find him everywhere. It doesn’t pay to make enemies. Lead the life that will make you kind and friendly to everyone about you, and you will be surprised what a happy life you will live.
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