Top 500 John C. Maxwell Quotes (2025 Update)
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151. “You cannot overestimate the unimportance of practically everything.”

— John C. Maxwell

152. “You cannot enjoy others until you enjoy yourself because you cannot give to others what you do not have.”

— John C. Maxwell

153. “Connecting is the ability to identify with people and relate to them in a way that increases your influence with them.”

— John C. Maxwell

154. “Nobody ever got ready by waiting. You only get ready by starting.”

— John C. Maxwell

155. “Growth today is an investment for tomorrow.”

— John C. Maxwell

156. “So think long and hard about who you’re spending the most time with, for wherever they are headed, so are you.”

— John C. Maxwell

157. “Integrity is important in building relationships and is the foundation upon which many other qualities for success, such as respect, dignity, and trust, are built.”

— John C. Maxwell

158. “If you wait until you feel like doing something, you will likely never accomplish it.”

— John C. Maxwell

159. “People who add value to others do so intentionally. I say that because to add value, leaders must give of themselves, and that rarely occurs by accident.”

— John C. Maxwell

160. “To collaborative team members, completing one another is more important than competing with one another.”

— John C. Maxwell

161. “The highway of life is filled with flat squirrels that couldn’t make a decision.”

— John C. Maxwell

162. “If you are willing to change your thinking, you can change your feelings. If you change your feelings, you can change your actions. And changing your actions – based on good thinking – can change your life.”

— John C. Maxwell

163. “Everything begins with a decision. Then, we have to manage that decision for the rest of your life.”

— John C. Maxwell

164. “Values hold the team together, provide stability for the team to grow upon, measure the team’s performance, give direction and guidance and attract like-minded people.”

— John C. Maxwell

165. “To lead yourself, use your head; to lead others, use your heart. Always touch a person’s heart before you ask him for a hand.”

— John C. Maxwell

166. “Positive thinking must be followed by positive doing.”

— John C. Maxwell

167. “Anyone can steer the ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course. Leaders who are good navigators are capable of taking their people just about anywhere.”

— John C. Maxwell

168. “The first person you lead is you.”

— John C. Maxwell

169. “Success is about us. Significance is about others.”

— John C. Maxwell

170. “Successful leaders have the courage to take action while others hesitate.”

— John C. Maxwell

171. “A leader’s lasting value is measured by succession.”

— John C. Maxwell

172. “You’re only as good as the people you have around you.”

— John C. Maxwell

173. “You don’t overcome challenges by making them smaller but by making yourself bigger.”

— John C. Maxwell

174. “When you are bigger than your purpose you have a career. When your purpose is bigger than you, you have a calling.”

— John C. Maxwell

175. “Credibility is a leader’s currency. With it, he or she is solvent; without it, he or she is bankrupt.”

— John C. Maxwell

176. “When you find your spiritual gift, God will give you an opportunity to use it.”

— John C. Maxwell

177. “If you embrace possibility thinking, your dreams will go from molehill to mountain size, and because you believe in possibilities, you put yourself in position to achieve them.”

— John C. Maxwell

178. “But the law of magnetism really is true: who you are is who you attract.”

— John C. Maxwell

179. “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.”

— John C. Maxwell

180. “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

181. “People do not care how much you know until they know how much you care.”

— John C. Maxwell

182. “A minute of thought is greater than an hour of talk.”

— John C. Maxwell

183. “To achieve all that is possible, we must attempt the impossible. To be all we can be, we must dream of being more.”

— John C. Maxwell

184. “People will work eight hours a day for pay, 10 hours a day for a good boss, and 24 hours a day for a good cause!”

— John C. Maxwell

185. “Understanding people certainly impacts your ability to communicate with others.”

— John C. Maxwell

186. “When values, thoughts, feelings, and actions are in alignment, a person becomes focused and character is strengthened.”

— John C. Maxwell

187. “To reach your potential you must grow. And to grow, you must be highly intentional about it.”

— John C. Maxwell

188. “The key to becoming a more efficient leader isn’t checking off all the items on your to-do list each day. It’s in forming the habit of prioritizing your time so that you are accomplishing your most important goals in an efficient manner.”

— John C. Maxwell

189. “Little progress is better than no progress at all. Success comes in taking many small steps. If you stumble in a small step, it rarely matters. Don’t gift wrap the garbage. Let little failures go.”

— John C. Maxwell

190. “Adversity is a crossroads that makes a person choose one of two paths: character or compromise. Every time he chooses character, he becomes stronger, even if that choice brings negative consequences.”

— John C. Maxwell

191. “Tenacious people don’t rely on luck, fate, or destiny for their success. And when conditions become difficult, they keep working.”

— John C. Maxwell

192. “A sense of responsibility is the clearest indication of mature leadership.”

— John C. Maxwell

193. “Great leaders always have self-discipline -without exception.”

— John C. Maxwell

194. “Competence goes beyond words. It’s the leader’s ability to say it, plan it, and do it in such a way that others know that you know how – and know that they want to follow you.”

— John C. Maxwell

195. “Speak the truth. Transparency breeds legitimacy.”

— John C. Maxwell

196. “Feed your faith, starve your doubts.”

— John C. Maxwell

197. “If something can be done 80% as well by someone else, delegate!”

— John C. Maxwell

198. “It’s better to prepare than to repair.”

— John C. Maxwell

199. “The harder you try to forget something, the more you think about it subconsciously.”

— John C. Maxwell

200. “Little did I realize that my desire to add value to others would be the thing that added value to me!”

— John C. Maxwell