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John C Maxwell Inspirational Quotes (618)

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I do a lot of conferences, a lot of leadership training. For about six or seven years I've been making this statement - every time I make it, I can see people just kind of - it's just one of those light bulb moments.
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My leadership began to take flight when I allowed myself to press people to change-whether they thanked me or cursed me.
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People of poor character tend to blame their choices on circumstances. Ethical people make good choices regardless of circumstances. If they make enough good choices, they begin to create better conditions for themselves.
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The first person you lead is you.
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Leadership development is a lifetime journey, not a quick trip.
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Good ideas have expiration dates. You need to act before they become dated, irrelevant or otherwise spoiled.
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People's purpose in life is always connected to their giftedness.
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You don't overcome challenges by making them smaller but by making yourself bigger.
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The more you do, the more you fail. The more you fail, the more you learn. The more you learn, the better you get.
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A leader is a reader.
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Leadership is taking responsibility while others are making excuses.
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Negative thinking creates clouds at critical decision times.
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If something can be done 80% as well by someone else, delegate!
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No one achieves greatness by becoming a generalist. You don't hone a skill by diluting your attention to its development. The only way to get to the next level is focus.
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The only one you should compare yourself to is you. Your mission is to become better today than you were yesterday.
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If I expect great things from my people, they'll go to great lengths to keep from disappointing me.
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No matter your title, people will not follow you if they don’t trust you.
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The $50 note trick - ask who wants it even after stomping on it - moral is, no matter what we do to it it is still worth $50. We as human beings never lose our value either despite feeling down, flat or worthless at times.
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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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Your attitude determines your actions, and your actions determine your accomplishment.
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Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.
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Leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less...titles don't have much value when it comes to leading. True leadership cannot be awarded, appointed, or assigned, it comes only from influence, and that cannot be mandated. It must be earned.
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Leaders who fail to lift others in the long run, fail to lift themselves.
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People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life.
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