Top 500 John C. Maxwell Quotes (2024 Update)
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301. “Success is due to our stretching to the challenges of life. Failure comes when we shrink from them.”

— John C. Maxwell

302. “Never open a can of worms unless you plan to go fishing.”

— John C. Maxwell

303. “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

304. “Great communication depends on two simple skills-context, which attunes a leader to the same frequency as his or her audience, and delivery, which allows a leader to phrase messages in a language the audience can understand.”

— John C. Maxwell

305. “The measure of a leader is not the number of people who serve him, but the number of people he serves.”

— John C. Maxwell

306. “Believing in people before they have proved themselves is the key to motivating people to reach their potential.”

— John C. Maxwell

307. “Persuasive communication involves enthusiasm, animation, audience participation, authenticity and spontaneity.”

— John C. Maxwell

308. “Leadership deals with people and their dynamics, which are continually changing. The challenge of leadership is to create change and facilitate growth.”

— John C. Maxwell

309. “Working on a weakness within a strength zone will always produce positive results. Working on a weakness outside of the strength zone will not.”

— John C. Maxwell

310. “One is too small a number to achieve greatness.”

— John C. Maxwell

311. “Of all the things a leader should fear, complacency heads the list.”

— John C. Maxwell

312. “Question for God every morning: What is the main event today? What do you want me to focus on today?”

— John C. Maxwell

313. “If you’re proactive, you focus on preparing. If you’re reactive, you end up focusing on repairing.”

— John C. Maxwell

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

— John C. Maxwell

315. “Your thinking, more than anything else, shapes the way you live. It’s really true that if you change your thinking, you can change your life.”

— John C. Maxwell

316. “Trust must be built day by day. It calls for consistency.”

— John C. Maxwell

317. “Positivity is an inside job that makes the outside look a lot better.”

— John C. Maxwell

318. “Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness.”

— John C. Maxwell

319. “Doing the right thing daily, compounds over time.”

— John C. Maxwell

320. “Policies are many, Principles are few, Policies will change, Principles never do.”

— John C. Maxwell

321. “If you’re always at the head of the class, then you’re in the wrong class.”

— John C. Maxwell

322. “Most people don’t like change. They revolt against it unless they can clearly see the advantage it brings. For that reason, when good leaders prepare to take action or make changes, they take people through a process to get them ready for it.”

— John C. Maxwell

323. “You never really know something until you teach it to someone else.”

— John C. Maxwell

324. “If you travel alone, you can probably go faster. But the journey will never be as rewarding, and you probably won’t be able to go as far.”

— John C. Maxwell

325. “Self-centered leaders manipulate when they move people for personal benefit. Mature leaders motivate by moving people for mutual benefit.”

— John C. Maxwell

326. “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

327. “Attitude isn’t everything, but it is one thing that can make a difference in your life.”

— John C. Maxwell

328. “Your life expands in proportion to your courage. Fear limits a leader.”

— John C. Maxwell

329. “To add growth, lead followers – to multiply, lead leaders.”

— John C. Maxwell

330. “You can’t move people to action unless you first move them with emotion. The heart comes before the head.”

— John C. Maxwell

331. “Perhaps our greatest power in life is the power to choose. Without question, choices are the most determining factor in how our lives turn out.”

— John C. Maxwell

332. “Be generous, be humble, and be grateful when achieving your dreams.”

— John C. Maxwell

333. “A dream worth pursuing is a picture and blueprint of a person’s purpose and potential.”

— John C. Maxwell

334. “To help people believe they can achieve victory, put them in a position to experience small successes.”

— John C. Maxwell

335. “Praise them for what they do well, both privately and publicly.”

— John C. Maxwell

336. “A Chinese proverb says, “Those who drink the water must remember those who dug the well.” Gratitude is one of the most attractive of all personal attributes;.”

— John C. Maxwell

337. “Every worthwhile accomplishment has a price tag attached to it. The question is always whether you are willing to pay the price to attain it – in hard work, sacrifice, patience, faith, and endurance.”

— John C. Maxwell

338. “The Compound Effect is a must-read book for success seekers. You want to know what it takes? You want to know what to do? It’s all in these pages. The Compound Effect is a clear and concise success operation manual!”

— John C. Maxwell

339. “Good attitudes among players do not guarantee a team’s success, but bad attitudes guarantee it’s failure.”

— John C. Maxwell

340. “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.”

— John C. Maxwell

341. “If you think you are the entire picture, you will never see the big picture.”

— John C. Maxwell

342. “Big-picture thinkers broaden their outlook by striving to learn from every experience. They don’t rest on their successes, they learn from them.”

— John C. Maxwell

343. “Generally speaking, there are two kinds of learning: experience, which is gained from your own mistakes, and wisdom, which is learned from the mistakes of others.”

— John C. Maxwell

344. “Become a coach, not a king. A coach brings out the best in others, helping them to reach deep down inside and discover their potential. A king only gives commands.”

— John C. Maxwell

345. “True leadership cannot be awarded, appointed, or assigned. It comes only from Influence.”

— John C. Maxwell

346. “If your desire is a 10 but your self-esteem is a 5, you’ll never perform at the level of a 10. You’ll perform as a 5 or lower. People are ever able to outperform their self-image.”

— John C. Maxwell

347. “If you want to be a sharp thinker, be around sharp people.”

— John C. Maxwell

348. “Every time you make a mistake, don’t bring up everything that’s wrong with yourself; tell yourself that you’re paying the price for growth and that you will learn to do better next time. Every positive thing you can say to yourself will help.”

— John C. Maxwell

349. “If you can become the leader you ought to be on the inside, you will be able to become the person you want on the outside. People will want to follow you. And when that happens, you’ll be able to tackle anything in this world.”

— John C. Maxwell

350. “If you’re not failing, you’re probably not really moving forward.”

— John C. Maxwell