Top 500 John C. Maxwell Quotes (2024 Update)
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401. “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

402. “Leaders create and inspire new leaders by instilling faith in their leadership abilities and helping them develop and hone leadership skills they don’t know they possess.”

— John C. Maxwell

403. “Don’t ever be impressed with goal setting. Be impressed with goal getting.”

— John C. Maxwell

404. “Our days are like identical suitcases. Even though they are all the same size, some people are able to pack more into them then others. The reason? They know what to pack.”

— John C. Maxwell

405. “You cannot buy or win happiness. You must choose it.”

— John C. Maxwell

406. “Every major difficulty you face in life is a fork in the road. You choose which track you will head down, toward breakdown or breakthrough.”

— John C. Maxwell

407. “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

408. “If you are not moving forward, the world is passing you by.”

— John C. Maxwell

409. “It’s good to be out of your comfort zone. Just don’t step out of your gift zone.”

— John C. Maxwell

410. “Leadership has less to do with position than it does with disposition.”

— John C. Maxwell

411. “People will summarize your life in one sentence – Pick it now.”

— John C. Maxwell

412. “The success of a vision is determined by its ownership by both the leader and the people.”

— John C. Maxwell

413. “Courage and initiative come when you understand your purpose in life.”

— John C. Maxwell

414. “Leaders have two characteristics: first they are going somewhere, and second they are able to persuade other people to go with them.”

— John C. Maxwell

415. “Successful people don’t wait for everything to be perfect to move forward.”

— John C. Maxwell

416. “Your attitude is like the minds paintbrush. It can paint everything in bright, vibrant colors-creating a masterspiece.”

— John C. Maxwell

417. “As negative thoughts produce negative actions, so positive thoughts produce positive actions.”

— John C. Maxwell

418. “Look behind you: What have you learned? Look around you: What is happening to others? Look above you: What does God expect of you? Look besides you: What resources are available to you?”

— John C. Maxwell

419. “You will never fulfill your destiny doing work you despise.”

— John C. Maxwell

420. “Success comes to those who have an entire mountain of gold that they continually mine, not those who find one nugget and try to live on it for fifty years.”

— John C. Maxwell

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

— John C. Maxwell

422. “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

423. “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

424. “You have to know who you are to grow to your potential. But you have to grow in order to know who you are.”

— John C. Maxwell

425. “Stay focused instead of getting offended or off track by others.”

— John C. Maxwell

426. “When you believe in people, you motivate them and release their potential.”

— John C. Maxwell

427. “Because in life, the question is not if you will have problems, but how you are going to deal with them. Stop failing backward and start failing forward!”

— John C. Maxwell

428. “If you want to make a positive impact, no matter how far-reaching, start at home. Treat your family members like treasures.”

— John C. Maxwell

429. “I can afford to take a risk in my life. Only the insecure cannot afford to risk failure. The secure can be honest about themselves. They can admit failure. They are able to seek help and try again. They can change.”

— John C. Maxwell

430. “Our challenge is to think right in a wrong world. Our challenge is to think positive in a negative world.”

— John C. Maxwell

431. “Leadership is evoking in others the capacity to dream.”

— John C. Maxwell

432. “A lot of people believe they are successful because they have everything they want. They have added value to themselves. But I believe significance comes when you add value to others and you can’t have true success without significance.”

— John C. Maxwell

433. “You’ll never know how close you are to a million-dollar idea unless you’re willing to listen.”

— John C. Maxwell

434. “A person who refuses to risk change fails to grow.”

— John C. Maxwell

435. “Take the emotional temperature of those listening to you. Facial expressions, voice inflection and posture give clues to a person’s mood and attitude.”

— John C. Maxwell

436. “Mentally strong people are comfortable in their own skin.”

— John C. Maxwell

437. “If you are a leader, the true measure of your success is not getting people to work. It’s not getting people to work hard. It is getting people to work hard together. That takes commitment.”

— John C. Maxwell

438. “For the person trying to do everything alone, the game really is over. If you want to do something big, you must link up with others. One is too small a number to achieve greatness. That’s the Law of Significance.”

— John C. Maxwell

439. “Manipulation is moving together for my advantage. Motivation is moving together for mutual advantage.”

— John C. Maxwell

440. “The timing of your decision is just as important as the decision you make.”

— John C. Maxwell

441. “Everything you now do is something you have chosen to do. Some people don’t want to believe that. But if you’re over age twenty-one, your life is what you’re making of it. To change your life, you need to change your priorities.”

— John C. Maxwell

442. “Conflict is like cancer; early detection increases the possibility of a healthy outcome.”

— John C. Maxwell

443. “We cannot lead anyone farther than we have been ourselves.”

— John C. Maxwell

444. “Success is choosing to enter the arena of action, determined to give yourself to the cause that will better humanity and last for eternity.”

— John C. Maxwell

445. “Dependable teams members possess the desire to do the things they are capable of doing.”

— John C. Maxwell

446. “If you treat every person you meet as if he or she were the most important person in the world, you’ll communicate that he or she is somebody – to you.”

— John C. Maxwell

447. “While personal maturity may mean being able to see beyond yourself, leadership maturity means considering others before yourself.”

— John C. Maxwell

448. “The first order of things to be changed is me, the leader. After I consider how hard it is to change myself, then I will understand the challenge of trying to change others. This is the ultimate test of leadership.”

— John C. Maxwell

449. “A leader can give up anything – except final responsibility.”

— John C. Maxwell

450. “If you are leading others and you’re lonely, then you’re not doing it right. Think about it. If you’re all alone, that means nobody is following you. And if nobody is following you, you’re not really leading!”

— John C. Maxwell