John C. Maxwell Quotes - Page 8

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• The GREATEST battle you wage against FAILURE occurs on the INSIDE, not the OUTSIDE.

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  Battle

  John C. Maxwell (2007). “Failing Forward”, p.60, Harper Collins

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• While we don't always get what we want, we always get what we choose.

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  Want

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• The length and breath of our influence on others are directly related to the depth of our concern for them.

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  Depth, Influence, Length

  John C. Maxwell, Jim Dornan (2013). “How to Influence People: Make a Difference in Your World”, p.25, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• When contemplating the pursuit of a dream or the start of a new venture, too many people are hesitant to begin because they can't comprehend the entire journey. If that's where you find yourself right now, don't expect to understand what it takes to get to the top. Just take the next step. There's no shame in starting small; in fact, if you don't start small, you'll probably never start at all.

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  Dream, Journey, New Ventures

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

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  Spiritual, Opportunity, Giving

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• 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!

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  Motivation, Eight, People

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• Don't buy into the notion that mistakes can somehow be avoided. They can't be.

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  Leadership, Mistake, Failure

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• To achieve your dreams, you must embrace adversity and make failure a regular part of your life. If you're not failing, you're probably not really moving forward.

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  Dream, Moving, Adversity

  John C. Maxwell (2012). “The Complete 101 Collection”, p.47, Harper Collins

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• Do not take the agenda that someone else has mapped out for your life.

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  Agendas

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

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  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• I'm not where I'm supposed to be,
  I'm not what I want to be,
  But I'm not what I used to be.
  I haven't learned how to arrive;
  I've just learned how to keep going

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  Want, Used, Supposed To Be

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• Often people fail to start or complete a task because they don't see any connection between what they're doing and what they really want to accomplish in life.

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  Inspirational, People, Connections

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• Pay now, play later; play now, pay later.

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  Procrastination, Play, Pay

  John C. Maxwell (1997). “Leadership 101: Inspirational Quotes & Insights for Leaders”

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• The whole idea of motivation is a trap. Forget motivation. Just do it. Exercise, lose weight, test your blood sugar, or whatever. Do it without motivation. And then, guess what? After you start doing the thing, that's when the motivation comes and makes it easy for you to keep on doing it.

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  Motivational, Exercise, Persistence

  John C. Maxwell (2007). “Failing Forward”, p.43, Harper Collins

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• Leaders need to remember that the point of leading is not to cross the finish line first. It's to take people across the finish line with you. For that reason, leaders must deliberately slow their pace, stay connected to their people, enlist others to help fulfill the vision, and keep people going. You can't do that if you're running too far ahead of your people.

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  Motivational, Running, People

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  Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.

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  Encouraging, Encouragement, Communication

  John C. Maxwell (2013). “Be A People Person: Effective Leadership Through Effective Relationships”, p.164, David C Cook

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• Without a vision people and the church become self-centered. People start finding fault with one another and the church self-destructs.

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  Self, People, Vision

  Source: enrichmentjournal.ag.org

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• The timing of your decision is just as important as the decision you make.

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  Inspirational, Decisions You Make, Important

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• 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.

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  Single, Hurt, Moving

  John C. Maxwell (2007). “Failing Forward”, p.78, Harper Collins

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• Most people who decide to grow personally find their first mentors in the pages of books.

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  Book, People, Mentor

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• God doesn't move until we move first.

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  Moving, Firsts

  "Turning Vision Into Reality". Enrichment Interview, enrichmentjournal.ag.org. January 2000.

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• If your a leader, do everything you can to grow yourself and create the right environment for others to grow.

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  Leader, Environment, Grows

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• People will summarize your life in one sentence - Pick it now.

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  Motivational, Leadership, People

  John C. Maxwell (2015). “The Leadership Handbook: 26 Critical Lessons Every Leader Needs”, p.244, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The strength of any organization is a direct result of the strength of its leaders.

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  Organization, Leader, Results

  John C. Maxwell (2010). “A Leader's Heart: 365-Day Devotional Journal”, p.3, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Pride deafens us to the advice or warnings of those around us.

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  Leadership, Pride, Advice

  "The Top 3 Reasons Why Being Alone (Single) Is So Scary" by Barrett Pall, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 26, 2016.

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