John C. Maxwell Quotes About Giving

Quotes about: Giving

• Effective leaders don't gather things just for themselves; they do it in order to give to others.

  John C. Maxwell

  Order, Giving, Leader

  John C. Maxwell (2007). “Leadership Promises for Your Week”, p.33, Thomas Nelson Inc

• A leader can give up anything - except final responsibility.

  John C. Maxwell

  Giving Up, Responsibility, Leader

  John C. Maxwell (2007). “The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow”, p.69, Thomas Nelson Inc

• You cannot enjoy others until you enjoy yourself because you cannot give to others what you do not have.

  John C. Maxwell

  Giving, Enjoy, Enjoy Yourself

• I think many people believe the best way they can help others is to criticize them, to give them the benefit of their 'wisdom.' I disagree. The best way to help people is to see the best in them.

  John C. Maxwell

  Motivational, Believe, Helping Others

• Everything is a tradeoff. Everywhere you leave, you leave some good things. The more successful you are, the harder it is to make tradeoffs. That's why some people become successful and then become flat. Be willing to give up income for potential, for opportunity.

  John C. Maxwell

  Monday, Giving Up, Successful

• All visions begin with relationships. My relationship with God is where I receive the vision; my relationship with my people is where I give the vision. If those relationships aren't what they could be or should be, on either side, the receiving or the giving out, the vision is going to be aborted.

  John C. Maxwell

  People, Giving, Vision

  Source: enrichmentjournal.ag.org

• Seven Steps to Success 1) Make a commitment to grow daily. 2) Value the process more than events. 3) Don't wait for inspiration. 4) Be willing to sacrifice pleasure for opportunity. 5) Dream big. 6) Plan your priorities. 7) Give up to go up.

  John C. Maxwell

  Inspirational, Dream, Giving Up

• When your dream is bigger than you are, you only have two choices: give up or get help.

  John C. Maxwell

  Dream, Giving Up, Two

• Sometimes we hold on to our possessions because we fear we might run out - life seems scarce. But when we believe that giving is the way to live, we will produce more in the future - life seems abundant.

  John C. Maxwell

  Running, Believe, Generosity

• Teams make you better than you are, multiply your value, enable you to do what you do best, allow you to help others do their best, give you more time, provide you with companionship, help you fulfill the desires of your heart and compound your vision and effort.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, Teamwork, Heart

• What you give to help others, builds them up enough that they are able to give to others. It's a cycle that can continue on long after you're dead and gone.

  John C. Maxwell

  Helping Others, Long, Giving

• Practice the 101 Percent Principle. Whenever possible, find the 1 percent you do agree on in a difficult situation, and give it 100 percent of your effort.

  John C. Maxwell

  Team, Difficult Situations, Practice

• It's better to give ideas away and contribute to another person's success than to have them lying dormant.

  John C. Maxwell

  Lying, Ideas, Giving

  John C. Maxwell (2011). “The Maxwell Daily Reader: 365 Days of Insight to Develop the Leader Within You and Influence Those Around You”, Thomas Nelson Inc

• Everyone gets discourages...The question is: Are you going to give up or get up? It's a choice.

  John C. Maxwell

  Giving Up, Motivation, Choices

• Give God the first part of every day. Give God the first day of every week. Give God the first portion of your income. Give God the first consideration in every decision. Give God the first place in your life.

  John C. Maxwell

  Giving, Decision, Income

  John C. Maxwell (2007). “Leadership Principles for Graduates: Create Success in Life One Day at a Time”, p.114, Thomas Nelson Inc

• If you believe in others and give them a positive reputation to uphold, you can help them to become better than they think they are.

  John C. Maxwell

  Appreciation, Believe, Thinking

  John C. Maxwell (2006). “The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player: Becoming the Kind of Person Every Team Wants”, p.68, Thomas Nelson Inc

• Leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less. How do you gain influence from people? You invest in them. How do you invest in them? It starts with giving them time.

  John C. Maxwell

  Motivational, Leadership, People

  John C. Maxwell (2015). “The Leadership Handbook: 26 Critical Lessons Every Leader Needs”, p.167, Thomas Nelson Inc

• A person who has a dream knows what he is willing to give up in order to go up.

  John C. Maxwell

  Dream, Giving Up, Order

  John C. Maxwell (2002). “Your Road Map For Success: You Can Get There from Here”, p.26, Thomas Nelson Inc

• Passion gives you an advantage over others, because one person with passion is greater than ninety-nine who have only an interest!

  John C. Maxwell

  Passion, Ninety Nine, Giving

• The best gift you can ever give your mentor is to grow. They feed off your growth. I believe that everyone has the seed of success inside, but too many people can't find it in themselves and as a result do not reach their potential. But there are those whose purpose in life is to fertilize the seed of potential in another, who are rewarded by seeing that person grow and blossom before their eyes. Raising up others to a higher level is a mentor's joy and sustenance.

  John C. Maxwell

  Believe, Eye, Giving

• Teamwork gives you the best opportunity to turn vision into reality.

  John C. Maxwell

  Teamwork, Opportunity, Reality

  John C. Maxwell (2002). “Teamwork Makes the Dream Work”, p.17, Thomas Nelson

• Delegate - work smarter not harder; do what you do best and drop the rest; get control of your calendar; do what you love because it will give you energy; work with people you like so your energy isn't depleted.

  John C. Maxwell

  Love Is, People, Giving

• Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. It may mean giving up familiar but limiting patterns, safe but unrewarding work, values no longer believed in, and relationships that have lost their meaning.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, Giving Up, Mean

  John C. Maxwell (2002). “Your Road Map For Success: You Can Get There from Here”, p.96, Thomas Nelson Inc

• 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

  Leadership, Teamwork, Growing Up

• 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

  Leadership, Attitude, Emotional

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