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I think we impress people by our success, but I think we impact them by our failures.
John C. Maxwell
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John C. Maxwell
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: February 20
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Garden City
Michigan
John Maxwell
John Calvin Maxwell
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We tend to become what the most important person in our life thinks we will become. Think the best, believe the best, and express the best in others. Your affirmation will not only make you more attractive to them, but you will help play an important part in their personal development.
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If you're not failing, you're probably not really moving forward.
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Finish every day and be done with it.
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If you're always at the head of the class, then you're in the wrong class.
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The key to becoming a more efficient leader isn't checking off all the items on your to-do list each day. It's in forming the habit of prioritizing your time so that you are accomplishing your most important goals in an efficient manner.
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Never open a can of worms unless you plan to go fishing.
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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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We feel unhappy and confused with our life when we don't do the focus or calling that God has on our life.
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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.
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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.
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If you want to achieve great things, you need to have a great dream.
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Teamwork makes the dream work, but a vision becomes a nightmare when the leader has a big dream and a bad team.
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A team doesn't win the championship if its players are working from different agendas.
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The goal of the pastor is not to get people to show up but to get people to grow up.
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Theres a difference between listening passively and listening aggressively. To listen with your heart, you have to listen actively.
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People are funny. When they are young, they will spend their health to get wealth. Later, they will gladly pay all they have trying to get their health back.
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If you are willing to change your thinking, you can change your feelings. If you change your feelings, you can change your actions. And changing your actions - based on good thinking - can change your life.
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