“Don’t look—you might see. Don’t listen—you might hear. Don’t think—you might learn. Don’t make a decision—you might be wrong. Don’t walk—you might stumble. Don’t run—you might fall. Don’t live—you might die. I would like to add one more thought to this depressing list: Don’t change—you might grow.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“Good leadership isn’t about advancing yourself. It’s about advancing your team.
―
John C. Maxwell
“Every human being has value, and every player on a team adds value to the team in some way.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“President Abraham Lincoln said, “I don’t think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“Novelist Victor Hugo believed, "He who every morning plans the transactions of the day and follows out that plan carries a thread that will guide him through the labyrinth of the most busy life . . . But where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incident, chaos will soon reign.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“Effective teams have teammates who are constantly talking to one another.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“People can be in the same place sharing the same experience at the same time, but they can walk away from it having seen very different things.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“Any married man should forget his mistakes—there’s no use in two people remembering the same thing.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“Dreams often come one size too big so that we can grow into them.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“People need your influence, but it will not come through ‘lip syncing’ those you admire.”
―
John C. Maxwell
“People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”
―
John C. Maxwell
