Quote

Success is not what you leave to but what you leave behind

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
Success
Stewardship
Behinds
Behind
Leave

More quotes by John C. Maxwell

Image
I think the hardest thing for a person is to know what those twelve things are that they need to work on that will bring the return of success to their life.
John C. Maxwell
Image
I tried to write the book [Today Matters] with integrity and say, health is one of my daily dozen, and I work on it, but I don't have this right.
John C. Maxwell
Image
You cannot overestimate the unimportance of practically everything.
John C. Maxwell
Image
Dont ever be impressed with goal setting be impressed with goal getting. Reaching new goals and moving to a higher level of performance always requires change, and change feels awkward. But take comfort in the knowledge that if a change doesn't feel uncomfortable, then it's propably not really a change.
John C. Maxwell
Image
Self fulfillment thinks of how something serves me. Self development thinks of how something helps me to serve others. With self fulfillment, feeling good is the product. With self development, feeling good is the by-product.
John C. Maxwell
Image
Negative thinking limits God and our potential.
John C. Maxwell
Image
Personnel determines the potential of the team. Vision determines the direction of the team. Work ethic determines the preparation of the team. Leadership determines the success of the team.
John C. Maxwell
Image
You will never fulfill your destiny doing work you despise.
John C. Maxwell
Image
Look at our society. Everyone wants to be thin, but nobody wants to diet. Everyone wants to live long, but few will exercise. Everybody wants money, yet seldom will anyone budget or control their spending.
John C. Maxwell
Image
I may not be able to change the world I see around me, but I can change the way I see the world within me.
John C. Maxwell
Image
A highly credible leader under-promises and over-delivers.
John C. Maxwell
Image
Be willing to absorb some risk and failures to allow people freedom to express themselves.
John C. Maxwell
Image
Cats do what cats do, ducks do what ducks do, and eagles do what eagles, do. If you take a duck and ask it to do an eagles' job, shame on you. As a leader, your job is to help your ducks to become better ducks and your eagles better eagles - to put individuals in the right places and help them reach their potential.
John C. Maxwell
Image
If you are a parent, you have probably already realized that your children are always watching what you do. And just as children watch their parents and emulate their behavior, so do employees who are watching their bosses.
John C. Maxwell
Image
We often wait for the resources before we make a move.
John C. Maxwell
Image
Since an attitude is often expressed by our body language and by the looks on our faces, it can be contagious.
John C. Maxwell
Image
Problems almost always create opportunities - to learn, grow and improve.
John C. Maxwell
Image
An attitude is: an inward feeling expressed by an outward action.
John C. Maxwell
Image
Everyone you know and all the people you meet have the potential to be someone important in the lives of others.
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