Top 500 John C. Maxwell Quotes (2024 Update)
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351. “Problems are not my problem. It’s not what happens to me but what happens in me that matters.”

— John C. Maxwell

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

— John C. Maxwell

353. “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

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

— John C. Maxwell

355. “Reaching the top is a monumental achievement, but remaining there may be the most spectacular feat of all.”

— John C. Maxwell

356. “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

357. “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

358. “A lack of realism in the vision today costs credibility tomorrow.”

— John C. Maxwell

359. “The primary limitation in life is our low expectations for ourselves and others. When we expect minimum results, that’s usually what we get.”

— John C. Maxwell

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

— John C. Maxwell

361. “You are only an attitude away from success!”

— John C. Maxwell

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

— John C. Maxwell

363. “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

364. “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

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

— John C. Maxwell

366. “Your leadership skills determine the level of your success, and the success of those who work around you.”

— John C. Maxwell

367. “A great idea is simply the combination of many good ideas.”

— John C. Maxwell

368. “All great leaders have understood that their number one responsibility is cultivating their own discipline and personal growth. Those who cannot lead themselves cannot lead others.”

— John C. Maxwell

369. “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.”

— John C. Maxwell

370. “Business schools reward complex behavior but it’s the simple behavior that makes you successful in life.”

— John C. Maxwell

371. “Insecure leaders think everything is about them, and as a result, every action, every piece of information, every decision is put through their filter of self-centeredness.”

— John C. Maxwell

372. “The person who forgets the ultimate is a slave to the immediate.”

— John C. Maxwell

373. “The true test of relationships is not only how loyal someone is when we fail, but how thrilled they are when we succeed.”

— John C. Maxwell

374. “While we don’t always get what we want, we always get what we choose.”

— John C. Maxwell

375. “The happiest people are those who have harvested their time in others. The unhappiest people are those who wonder how the world is going to make them happy.”

— John C. Maxwell

376. “Leadership involves the heavy burden of responsibility, and the fear of getting it wrong can paralyze a leader.”

— John C. Maxwell

377. “If people around you don’t believe in you, if they don’t encourage you, then you need to find some people who do.”

— John C. Maxwell

378. “To move forward today, you must learn to say good-bye to yesterday’s hurts, tragedies and baggage. You can’t build a monument to past problems and fail forward.”

— John C. Maxwell

379. “Reflective thinking is like the crock pot of the mind. It encourages your thoughts to simmer until they’re done.”

— John C. Maxwell

380. “Without failure there is no achievement.”

— John C. Maxwell

381. “God chooses what we go through; we choose how we go through it.”

— John C. Maxwell

382. “Not realizing what you want is a problem of knowledge. Not pursuing what you want is a problem of motivation. Not achieving what you want is a problem of persistence.”

— John C. Maxwell

383. “Birds of a feather really do flock together.”

— John C. Maxwell

384. “In the end, people are persuaded not by what we say, but by what they understand.”

— John C. Maxwell

385. “The best relationships are win-win. Why don’t more people go into relationships with that attitude?”

— John C. Maxwell

386. “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.”

— John C. Maxwell

387. “If everyone doesn’t pay the price to win, then everyone will pay the price of losing.”

— John C. Maxwell

388. “Failure is not fatal. Only failure to get back up is.”

— John C. Maxwell

389. “To Stay Focused in Life: You can’t know everyone You can’t do everything You can’t go everywhere We have to pick and choose between good and a little bit better.”

— John C. Maxwell

390. “People who love life have charisma because they fill the room with positive energy.”

— John C. Maxwell

391. “All things being equal, attitude wins. All things not being equal, attitude sometimes still wins.”

— John C. Maxwell

392. “Enjoyment is an incredible energizer to the human spirit.”

— John C. Maxwell

393. “People go farther than they thought they could when someone else thinks they can.”

— John C. Maxwell

394. “Discontent with the status quo is a great catalyst for vision.”

— John C. Maxwell

395. “Inspiring others to do better work is the accomplishment of a leader.”

— John C. Maxwell

396. “Plan and execute your first failure so that you no longer have to fear it.”

— John C. Maxwell

397. “If we treat people as who they can become, they will be inspired to rise to the level of our expectations.”

— John C. Maxwell

398. “Each person we meet has the potential to teach us something.”

— John C. Maxwell

399. “If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it – young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous – is changed by it.”

— John C. Maxwell

400. “If you keep your mind active, regularly take on mental challenges, and continually think about the right things, you will develop the disciplined thinking that will help you with whatever you endeavor to do.”

— John C. Maxwell