If you don’t try to create the future you want, you must endure the future you get. John C. Maxwell More Quotes by John C. Maxwell More Quotes From John C. Maxwell It's one thing to communicate to people because you believe you have something of value to say. It's another to communicate with people because you believe they have value. John C. Maxwell communicatebelievepeople To measure a leader, put a tape around his heart, not his head. John C. Maxwell tapeleaderheart Nobody ever got ready by waiting. You only get ready by starting. John C. Maxwell readystartingwaiting Do something you hate every day, just for the practice. John C. Maxwell hatepractice All visions begin with relationships. My relationship with God is where I receive the vision; my relationship with my people is where I give the vision. If those relationships aren't what they could be or should be, on either side, the receiving or the giving out, the vision is going to be aborted. John C. Maxwell visiongivingpeople 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 incomedecisiongiving Time management is an oxymoron. Time is beyond our control, and the clock keeps ticking regardless of how we lead our lives. Priority management is the answer to maximizing the time we have. John C. Maxwell clock-is-tickingprioritiesleadership If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it - young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous - is changed by it. John C. Maxwell encouragementsuccessfulleadership 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 choicescharacterpeople It's good to be out of your comfort zone. Just don't step out of your gift zone. John C. Maxwell comfort-zonecomfortsteps To achieve your dreams, you must embrace adversity and make failure a regular part of your life. If you're not failing, you're probably not really moving forward. John C. Maxwell adversitydreammoving The wrong action done at the wrong time spells disaster The right action done at the wrong time spells resistance The wrong action done at the right time spells mistake but The right action done at the right time spells a miracle John C. Maxwell miracledonemistake Do not take the agenda that someone else has mapped out for your life. John C. Maxwell agendas You don't overcome challenges by making them smaller but by making yourself bigger. John C. Maxwell smartchallengesinspirational If your job is not making a difference in this world, by all means, get out there and find something else ... You’ll find a sense of making a difference through your work if you simply look for it. John C. Maxwell differencesjobsmean The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda. John C. Maxwell agendasleadershipsecret In the end, people are persuaded not by what we say, but by what they understand. John C. Maxwell endspeople People may teach what they know, but they reproduce what they are. John C. Maxwell leadershipmotivationalpeople We are either the masters or victims of our attitudes. It is a matter of personal choice. Who we are today is the result of choices we made yesterday. Tomorrow, we will become what we choose today. To change means to choose change. John C. Maxwell christianattitudemean To get out of a hard situation, try a soft answer. John C. Maxwell stay-positiveanswerstrying
