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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
Author
Motivational Speaker
Writer
Garden City
Michigan
John Maxwell
John Calvin Maxwell
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Success
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Thinking
People
Impress
Failures

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