Quotes & Sayings About Life John Maxwell

Success is ... knowing your purpose in life, growing to reach your maximum potential, and sowing seeds that benefit others. — John C. Maxwell

Talent is a gift, but our character is a choice. Talent is natural ability, our gift from God, but we have the power to determine our character. That power rests on a foundation consisting of the choices we make in life. And those choices almost always dictate the amount of trust others have in us, and to what level of leadership we rise. — John C. Maxwell

Business schools reward complex behavior but it's the simple behavior that makes you successful in life — John C. Maxwell

Perhaps our greatest power in life is the power to choose. Without question, choices are the most determining factor in how our lives turn out. — John C. Maxwell

Sometimes we hold on to our possessions because we fear we might run out - life seems scarce. But when we believe that giving is the way to live, we will produce more in the future - life seems abundant. — John C. Maxwell

Your life expands in proportion to your courage. Fear limits a leader. — John C. Maxwell

Everything you now do is something you have chosen to do. Some people don't want to believe that. But if you're over age twenty-one, your life is what you're making of it. To change your life, you need to change your priorities — John C. Maxwell

Love makes temporary saints and poets of us all. We feel the source of life welling up inside us and long to express the joy it brings and share it with the partner of our heart's awakening. — John Maxwell Taylor

Remember, it's the finish, not the start, that counts the most in life. — John C. Maxwell

To Stay Focused in Life:
You can't know everyone
You can't do everything
You can't go everywhere
We have to pick and choose between good and a little bit better. — John C. Maxwell

We teach what we know, but we reproduce what we are. — John C. Maxwell

If you travel alone, you can probably go faster. But the journey will never be as rewarding, and you probably won't be able to go as far. — John C. Maxwell

The truth is that you can spend your life any way you want, but you can spend it only once. — John C. Maxwell

Life doesn't do anything to you. It only reveals your spirit. — John C. Maxwell

Ranking among the greatest Christmas movie classics, 'It's a Wonderful Life' tells a beautiful story about the priceless value of relationships. — John C. Maxwell

You cannot change your life until you change something you do every day. — John C. Maxwell

I can afford to take a risk in my life. Only the insecure cannot afford to risk failure. The secure can be honest about themselves. They can admit failure. They are able to seek help and try again. They can change — John C. Maxwell

Life is like riding in a taxi. Whether you are going anywhere or not, the meter keeps ticking. — John C. Maxwell

As you get older, time speeds up but life slows down. — John C. Maxwell

The only way to change how you view life is to change who you are on the inside. — John C. Maxwell

We cannot choose how many years we will live, but we can choose how much life those years will have. We cannot control the beauty of our face, but we can control the expression on it. We cannot control life's difficult moments but we can choose to make life less difficult. We cannot control the negative atmosphere of the world, but we can control the atmosphere of our minds. Too often we try to choose and control things we cannot. Too seldom we choose to control what we can ... our attitude. — John C. Maxwell

Good character improves every aspect of a person's life. — John C. Maxwell

Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves - to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today. — John C. Maxwell

Contentment is taking your present situation - whatever obstacles you are facing, whatever limitation you are living with, whatever chronic condition wears you down, whatever has smashed your dreams, whatever factors and circumstances in life tend to push you under - and admitting you don't like it but never saying, I can't cope with it. — John C. Maxwell

It is our decisions not our conditions that determine our quality of life. — John C. Maxwell

One of the paradoxes of life is that the things that initially make you successful are rarely the things that keep you successful. — John C. Maxwell

Courage and initiative come when you understand your purpose in life. — John C. Maxwell

Positive thinking does not always change our circumstances, but it will always change us. When we are able to think right about tough situations, then our journeys through life become — John C. Maxwell

Life is now in session. Are you present? — John C. Maxwell

Life can be boring unless you put some effort into it. — John C. Maxwell

I believe that everyone chooses how to approach life. If you're proactive, you focus on preparing. If you're reactive, you end up focusing on repairing. — John C. Maxwell

The primary limitation in life is our low expectations for ourselves and others. When we expect minimum results, that's usually what we get. — John C. Maxwell

Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up. — John C. Maxwell

SELF-DISCIPLINE, more than any other personal quality I can think of, is the one thing that separates successful people from the unsuccessful. Think of all it encompasses: honoring commitments, promises and deadlines, keeping your life on schedule, being willing to go the extra mile ... Self-discipline is essential to success. The alternative is a life ruled by emotions, and none of us can afford that if we're going to fulfill our purpose and realize our potential. — John C. Maxwell

To achieve all that is possible, we must attempt the impossible. To be all we can be, we must dream of being more. — John C. Maxwell

Do not take the agenda that someone else has mapped out for your life. — John C. Maxwell

To succeed in life, we must stay within our strength zone but continually move outside our comfort zone. — John C. Maxwell

Children astound me with their inquisitive minds. The world is wide and mysterious to them, and as they piece together the puzzle of life, they ask 'Why?' ceaselessly. — John C. Maxwell

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. — John C. Maxwell

Your thinking, more than anything else, shapes the way you live. It's really true that if you change your thinking, you can change your life. — John C. Maxwell

Integrity is not a given factor in everyone's life. It is a result of self-discipline, inner trust, and a decision to be relentlessly honest in all situations in our lives. — John C. Maxwell

The highway of life is filled with flat squirrels that couldn't make a decision. — John C. Maxwell

The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up. — John C. Maxwell

What you make of life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need - what you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours. Stay mindful of your choices! — John C. Maxwell

Because in life, the question is not if you will have problems, but how you are going to deal with them. Stop failing backward and start failing forward! — John C. Maxwell

You either spend your life preparing or you spend your life repairing. — John C. Maxwell

I strongly encourage you to find a place to think and to discipline yourself to pause and use it, because it has the potential to change your life. It can help you to figure out what's really important and what isn't. As writer and Catholic priest Henri J. M. Nouwen observed, When you are able to create a lonely place in the middle of your actions and concerns, your successes and failures slowly can lose some of their power over you. — John C. Maxwell

Failure is not a one-time event; it's how you deal with life along the way. Until you breathe your last breath, you're still in the process, and there is still time to turn things around for the better. — John C. Maxwell

All of the people in my life whom I consider to be close friends or colleagues are good thinkers. — John C. Maxwell

When we practice sacred sexuality we are working with cosmologically rooted principles, balancing the heavenly yang (male energy) of the universe with the all-knowing, life-giving yin (feminine energy) of the earth within ourselves. — John Maxwell Taylor

Pain prompts us to face who we are and where we are. What we do with that experience defines who we become. — John C. Maxwell

Most accomplishments in life come more easily if you approach them strategically — John C. Maxwell

Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another. — John C. Maxwell

Yesterday ended last night. — John C. Maxwell

Give God the first part of every day. Give God the first day of every week. Give God the first portion of your income. Give God the first consideration in every decision. Give God the first place in your life. — John C. Maxwell

Have to sow excellent seeds to have an excellent life. Must start with sowing excellent thoughts. — John C. Maxwell

Whenever I mentor people and help them discover their purpose, I always encourage them to start the process by discovering their strengths, not exploring their shortcomings. Why? Because people's purpose in life is always connected to their giftedness. It always works that way. You are not called to do something that you have no talent for. You will discover your purpose by finding and remaining in your strength zone. — John C. Maxwell

Out of what I had received in my development, I was also able to give. The confidence I gained from personal growth gave me credibility and made me believe I could start developing others. And in that, I found life's greatest joy and reward. — John C. Maxwell

If you live life with the intention of making a difference in others' lives, your life will be full not empty. — John C. Maxwell

It is hard to feel bad about yourself when you are doing something good for someone else. There are a lot of ways to lift your self-esteem, but making a positive difference in another's life has got to be my best leadership guidance. Serving others and working to add value to them will lift your spirits in a way that nothing else will. Trust me on this one. — John C. Maxwell

You will be remembered in life only for your passions! — John C. Maxwell

Enlightenment writer and philosopher Voltaire likened life to a game of cards. Players must accept the cards dealt to them. However, once they have those cards in hand, they alone choose how they will play them. They decide what risks and actions to take. — John C. Maxwell

Few things will pay you bigger dividends in life than the time and trouble you take to understand people and build relationships. As — John C. Maxwell

It doesn't matter what job you do or what position you obtain; you will have limits. That's just the way life is. When — John C. Maxwell

Why did the achievers overcome problems while thousands are overwhelmed by theirs? They refused to hold on to the common excuses for failure. They turned their stumbling blocks into stepping stones. They realized that they couldn't determine every circumstance in life but they could determine their choice of attitude towards every circumstance. — John C. Maxwell

Leaders should get out of their comfort zone but stay in their strength zone. When their work lies within their natural gifting and strengths, leaders experience the greatest return in productivity and contentment. Life is too short to live in the comfort zone, where growing and accomplishing and achieving your potential takes a back seat. I suggest you refocus if the comfort zone is your leadership priority. — John C. Maxwell

To you to live a significant life, you have to become intentional. — John C. Maxwell

By choosing to embrace and practice good values every day, you choose the higher course in life. And your life goes in a direction that you will always feel good about. You may not always get what you desire, but you will always be the person you desire to be. — John C. Maxwell

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. — John C. Maxwell

Think back to the most important experiences of your life, the highest highs, the greatest victories, the most daunting obstacles overcome. How many happened to you alone? I bet there are very few. When you understand that being connected to others is one of life's greatest joys, you realize that life's best comes when you initiate and invest in solid relationships. — John C. Maxwell

Life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you. — John C. Maxwell

1. Experience: People who have been down the road of life and understand it. 2. Heart for God: People who place God first and uphold His values. 3. Objectivity: People who see the pros and cons of the issues. 4. Love for people: People who love others and value them more than things. 5. Complementary gifts: People who bring diverse gifts to the relationship. 6. Loyalty to the leader: People who truly love and are concerned for the leader. The Maxwell Leadership Bible — John C. Maxwell

We feel unhappy and confused with our life when we don't do the focus or calling that God has on our life. — John C. Maxwell

You can change your life if you really want to. You can improve it, make it better. And it all starts with changing the way you think. — John C. Maxwell

Everyone of us has her/his own niche in life. There are lot of people I look up to, they inspire me and they will always influence my life. Here are some of those inspirational figures and their niches:
. Kenneth Hagin- A man of faith
. Myles Munroe- A man of Kingdom of God
. Mike Murdock- A man of wisdom
. Casey Treat- A man that has a heart for orphans
. Oscar Nkosi- A grounded teacher of God's word
. Matthew Ashimolowo- A man who raises champions
. John Maxwell- A man of leadership
. Reinhard Bonnke- A man of winning souls
. Mark Chironna- A man that delivers the fresh word from above. — Euginia Herlihy

Charles Schwab: Be friends with everybody. When you have friends you will know there is somebody who will stand by you. You know the old saying, that if you have a single enemy you will find him everywhere. It doesn't pay to make enemies. Lead the life that will make you kind and friendly to everyone about you, and you will be surprised what a happy life you will live. — John C. Maxwell

We need to make a few critical decisions in major areas of life and then manage those decisions day to day. — John C. Maxwell

Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he does not possess. — John C. Maxwell

Every major difficulty you face in life is a fork in the road. You choose which track you will head down, toward breakdown or breakthrough. — John C. Maxwell

Every time I have had a breakthrough in my life, it has been because of Prayer — John C. Maxwell

Your life today is a result of your thinking yesterday. Your life tomorrow will be determined by what you think today. — John C. Maxwell

We tend to get in life what we are willing to tolerate. — John C. Maxwell

You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine. — John C. Maxwell

It seems the older you get, the more life comes into focus. — John C. Maxwell

The law of the [Cub Scout] pack guides the boys to move in the direction of being helpful, friendly, courteous, trustworthy and promote qualities which parents and the community are looking for. The whole purpose of scouting is to help the children grow up making good decisions in life. — John C. Maxwell

The most successful people in life are the ones who settle their critical issues early and manage them daily. — John C. Maxwell

Often people fail to start or complete a task because they don't see any connection between what they're doing and what they really want to accomplish in life. — John C. Maxwell

Whenever a high-profile leader dies, people immediately attempt to summarize that person's life in a sentence. Often, critics and commentators get caught up looking at the leader's style, or which political or philosophical camp they represented. — John C. Maxwell

An infant is born with a clenched fist; a man dies with an open hand. Life has a way of prying free the things we think are so important. — John C. Maxwell

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

Everyone has the power to impact the outcome of his life. The way to do it is to focus on today ... It is too late for yesterday. And you can't depend on tomorrow. — John C. Maxwell

There is definitely a connection between finding your passion and reaching your potential. People ask me all the time, 'John, how do I know what I am meant to do in life?' The answer is really simple: Energy and Excellence. When you experience unbounded energy in what you are doing, when you are driven to excellence in your work and love what you do - then you can rest assured that you have found your passion and are definitely in pursuit of your full potential. — John C. Maxwell

What I had been taught all my life was not true: experience is not the best teacher! Some people learn and grow as a result of their experience; some people don't. Everybody has some kind of experience. It's what you do with that experience that matters. — John C. Maxwell

The trials and pressures of life
and how we face them
often define us. Confronted by adversity, many people give up while others rise up. How do those who succeed do it? They persevere. They find the benefit to them personally that comes from any trial. And they recognize that the best thing about adversity is coming out on the other side of it. There is a sweetness to overcoming your troubles and finding something good in the process, however small it may be. Giving up when adversity threatens can make a person bitter. Persevering through adversity makes one better. — John C. Maxwell

Negative thinking keeps us from enjoying life. — John C. Maxwell

People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life. — John C. Maxwell

POINT OUT A GREAT STRENGTH OF SOMEONE IN YOUR LIFE TODAY. — John C. Maxwell

We were created for meaningful work, and one of life's greatest pleasures is the satisfaction of a job well done. — John C. Maxwell

We won't fully experience joy until we've answered life's biggest question: Why am I here? — John C. Maxwell

move up to another level in your career and personal life, then — John C. Maxwell