“Many Christians estimate difficulty in the light of their own resources, and thus they attempt very little, and they always fail. All giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reckoned on His power and His presence to be with them.”
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John C. Maxwell
“There is no life as empty as the self-centered life. There is no life as centered as the self-empty life.”
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John C. Maxwell
“part of the parenting process is helping children understand that they are not the center of the universe.”
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John C. Maxwell
“I’ve learned that if you want people to be impressed, you can talk about your successes; but if you want people to identify with you, it’s better to talk about your failures.”
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John C. Maxwell
“anyone can steer the ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course. Leaders who are good navigators are capable of taking their people just about anywhere.”
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John C. Maxwell
“To succeed, you have to be open to problems. You have to be open to failure. And as you go up the ladder, you gain the right to get more problems.”
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John C. Maxwell
“You lose the respect of the best when you don’t deal properly with the worst.”
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John C. Maxwell
“We must stop assuming that a thing which has never been done before probably cannot be done at all.” —Donald M. Nelson”
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John C. Maxwell
“If you always do what you've always done, then you will always get what you've always gotten.”
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John C. Maxwell
“If your perception of and response to failure were changed, what would you attempt to achieve?”
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John C. Maxwell
“The main point is that it’s the speaker’s responsibility to bring energy to the audience and to work to activate them.”
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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.”
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John C. Maxwell
“The whole idea of motivation is a trap. Forget motivation.
Just do it. Exercise, lose weight, test your blood sugar, or
whatever. Do it without motivation. And then, guess what?
After you start doing the thing, that's when the motivation
comes and makes it easy for you to keep on doing it.”
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John C. Maxwell
