Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by John C. Maxwell (American Christian Professional Speaker)

John Calvin Maxwell (b.1947) is an author, speaker, and pastor who has written more than 60 books, primarily focusing on leadership. Titles include The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership and The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow. His books have sold more than nineteen million copies, with some on the New York Times Best Seller List.

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We all stand on the shoulders of the past generation.
John C. Maxwell
Topics: Success

Don’t hide bad news. With multiple information channels available, bad news always becomes known. Be candid right from the start.
John C. Maxwell

Encourage the many; mentor the few.
John C. Maxwell
Topics: Leadership

Successful people are willing to do things unsuccessful people will not do.
John C. Maxwell
Topics: Success

Leadership is influence.
John C. Maxwell
Topics: Entrepreneurs, Leadership

There are three qualities a leader must exemplify to build trust: competence, connection, and character.
John C. Maxwell
Topics: Character

Life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.
John C. Maxwell

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
Topics: Profit, Growth, Entrepreneurs, Mistakes

Everyone is a leader because everyone influences someone.
John C. Maxwell
Topics: Leadership

A big man is one who makes us feel bigger when we are with him.
John C. Maxwell
Topics: Character

One is too small a number to achieve greatness.
John C. Maxwell
Topics: Leadership

Doing the right thing daily, compounds over time.
John C. Maxwell

Policies are many, Principles are few, Policies will change, Principles never do.
John C. Maxwell
Topics: Entrepreneurs

If you aren’t making many mistakes, it is sure sign you are playing it too safe.
John C. Maxwell

Leadership is developed daily, not in a day.
John C. Maxwell
Topics: Leadership

Character creates consistency, and if your people know what they can expect from you, they will continue to look to you for leadership.
John C. Maxwell
Topics: Character

The first step to leadership is servant hood.
John C. Maxwell
Topics: Leadership

Character makes trust possible, and trust is the foundation of leadership.
John C. Maxwell
Topics: Character

We cannot choose how many years we will live, but we can choose how much life those years will have. We cannot control the beauty of our face, but we can control the expression on it. We cannot control life’s difficult moments but we can choose to make life less difficult. We cannot control the negative atmosphere of the world, but we can control the atmosphere of our minds. Too often we try to choose and control things we cannot. Too seldom we choose to control what we can … our attitude.
John C. Maxwell
Topics: Attitude

We cannot lead anyone farther than we have been ourselves.
John C. Maxwell
Topics: Leadership

You can’t become a leader in one conference.
John C. Maxwell
Topics: Leadership

Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.
John C. Maxwell

Do you value people who won’t benefit you or only those who might contribute in some way to your success? Great team players truly value others as people, and they know and relate to what others value.
John C. Maxwell

Do not take the agenda that someone else has mapped out for your life.
John C. Maxwell

A highly credible leader under-promises and over-delivers.
John C. Maxwell

We are to get wisdom and understanding, yet we are not to lean on it apart from the Lord.
John C. Maxwell
Topics: Wisdom

Life doesn’t do anything to you. It only reveals your spirit.
John C. Maxwell
Topics: Growth

Seek advice, but make sure it’s from someone who has successfully handled mistakes or adversities.
John C. Maxwell
Topics: Failure

You don’t overcome challenges by making them smaller but by making yourself bigger.
John C. Maxwell

The pessimist complains about the wind.
The optimist expects it to change.
The leader adjusts the sails.
John C. Maxwell
Topics: Leadership

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