Quote

If a person doesn't govern his temper, his temper will govern him.

John C. Maxwell

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

John C. Maxwell
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: February 20
Author
Motivational Speaker
Writer
Garden City
Michigan
John Maxwell
John Calvin Maxwell
Govern
Temper
Basketball
Doesn
Persons
Person

More quotes by John C. Maxwell

Image
There is no success without a successor.
John C. Maxwell
Image
The highway of life is filled with flat squirrels that couldn't make a decision.
John C. Maxwell
Image
People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.
John C. Maxwell
Image
Attitudes are nothing more than habits of thought.
John C. Maxwell
Image
Leaders attract potential leaders.
John C. Maxwell
Image
While everyone exercises influence, the size and strength of our influence depends upon our effort. No one leads well without paying the price of discipline. As we push ourselves to grow and to learn, we enlarge our sphere of influence.
John C. Maxwell
Image
A leader's ability to convey confidence and his ability to communicate effectively are similar.
John C. Maxwell
Image
There is a world of difference between a person who has a big problem and a person who makes a problem big.
John C. Maxwell
Image
Leadership deals with people and their dynamics, which are continually changing. The challenge of leadership is to create change and facilitate growth.
John C. Maxwell
Image
All leaders make mistakes. They are a part of life. Successful leaders recognize their errors, learn from them, and work to correct their faults.
John C. Maxwell
Image
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.
John C. Maxwell
Image
Problems almost always create opportunities - to learn, grow and improve.
John C. Maxwell
Image
To succeed in life, we must stay within our strength zone but continually move outside our comfort zone.
John C. Maxwell
Image
The most successful people in life are the ones who settle their critical issues early and manage them daily.
John C. Maxwell
Image
We teach what we know, but we reproduce what we are.
John C. Maxwell
Image
Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others.
John C. Maxwell
Image
Encouragement is oxygen for the soul
John C. Maxwell
Image
God wants to be our partner throughout life. Too often we are tempted to either carry the entire load ourselves or give everything to God and do nothing. God doesn't like either strategy. Sometimes He moves before us and sometimes after us - but He doesn't move without us. Without God... we cannot. Without us... God will not.
John C. Maxwell
Image
If you want to make your mother happy, talk to her. If you want to make your father happy, listen.
John C. Maxwell
Image
The only guarantee for failure is to stop trying
John C. Maxwell