“the leader’s prayer written by Pauline H. Peters: “God, when I am wrong, make me willing to change. When I am right, make me easy to live with. So strengthen me that the power of my example will far exceed the authority of my rank.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Isn’t it strange how we must surrender being right in order to find what’s right, how humility enables us to be authentic, vulnerable, trustworthy, and intimate with others? People are open to those who are open to them.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Since we tend to see ourselves primarily in light of our intentions, which are invisible to others,” said philosopher J. G. Bennett, “while we see others mainly in the light of their actions, which are all that’s visible to us, we have a situation in which misunderstanding and injustice are the order of the day.”
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John C. Maxwell
“The longer you wait to do something you should do now, the greater the odds that you will never actually do it.”
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John C. Maxwell
“«No es la posición lo que hace al líder, sino el líder quien establece la posición».”
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John C. Maxwell
“Risk must be evaluated not by the fear it generates in you or the probability of your success, but by the value of the goal.”
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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.”
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John C. Maxwell
“It is easier to move from failure to success in from excuses to success.”
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John C. Maxwell
“There are two things that are most difficult to get people to do: to think, and to do things in order of importance.”
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John C. Maxwell
“You cannot kindle afire in any other heart until it is burning within your
-ELEANOR DOAN”
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John C. Maxwell
“Do you know the difference between leaders, followers, and losers? Leaders stretch with challenges. Followers struggle with challenges. Losers shrink from challenges.”
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John C. Maxwell
“In ancient China the people wanted security against the barbaric hordes to the north, so they built the great wall. It was so high they believed no one could climb over it and so thick nothing could break it down. They settled back to enjoy their security. During the first hundred years of the wall’s existence, China was invaded three times. Not once did the barbaric hordes break down the wall or climb over it. Each time they bribed a gatekeeper and then marched right through the gates. The Chinese were so busy relying on the walls of stone that they forgot to teach integrity to their children.”
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John C. Maxwell
“There is nothing more tragic than when a Christian leader loses God’s anointing on his life by allowing himself to become sidetracked. There is no higher violation of God’s trust. For when a leader stumbles, others fall.”
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John C. Maxwell
“But the Law of Magnetism really is true: who you are is who you attract.”
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John C. Maxwell
“A sign of a great team leader is the proper placement of people.”
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John C. Maxwell
