John C. Maxwell
To move forward today, you must learn to say good-bye to yesterday's hurts, tragedies and baggage. You can't build a monument to past problems and fail forward.Collection: Single
Leadership is developed daily, not in a day.Collection: Leadership
COMMITMENT is the first step to every good thing I know, and the only step that matters when it comes to achievement. It inspires and attracts people, shows them you have conviction and goals, that you are focused and determined. And the commitment that is based on values will endure. Any time you make choices based on solid life values, you are in a better position to sustain your level of commitment, because you don't have to continually re-evaluate its importance.Collection: Commitment
Your goal as a leader isn't to be indispensable to the people you lead; it is to leave your people something that is indispensable to them.Collection: Motivational
Maya Angelou observed you cant use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. Sadly,too often creativity is smothered rather than nurtured. There has to be climate in which new ways of thinking,perceiving, questioning are encouraged.Collection: Creativity
Our attitude is the primary force that will determine whether we succeed or fail.Collection: Attitude
Good ideas have expiration dates. You need to act before they become dated, irrelevant or otherwise spoiled.Collection: Ideas
People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision. Many people who approach the area of vision in leadership have it backwards. They believe that if the cause is good enough, people will automatically buy in and follow. But that's not how leadership works. People don't follow worthy causes; they follow worthy leaders with a cause they can believe in. They buy into the leader first.Collection: Believe
Successful people reject rejection.Collection: Motivational
A manager says 'go,' but a leader says 'let's go'.Collection: Leader
Life is now in session. Are you present?Collection: Inspiration
Although it's admirable to be ambitious and hard-working, it's more desirable to be smart-working.Collection: Inspirational
Every person has seeds of greatness within, even though they may currently be dormant.Collection: Greatness
Seek people who seek solutions.Collection: People
Never allow others to think you always have the best answers. This will only make them dependent on you.Collection: Thinking
Everyone is a leader because everyone influences someone.Collection: Leadership
Failure should be our teacher, not our undertakerCollection: Teacher
Leaders touch a heart before they ask for a hand.Collection: Heart
Our attitude at the beginning of a task will affect its outcome more than anything else.Collection: Attitude
The ultimate step in taking responsibility is making sure our actions line up with our words.Collection: Responsibility
Dreams require down payments. Dreams are free, but the journey isn't. There is a price to pay. First, you must pay the price of dealing with criticism from people who matter. Ralph Waldo Emerson said, 'Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong.' Second, you must pay the price of overcoming your fears. Failure, rejection, and looking foolish are common fears - but they are just feelings that can be conquered and removed from your thoughts. Finally, you must be willing to pay the price of hard work in order to realize your dream.Collection: Dream
Life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you.Collection: Choices
You'll never find out what you can do, until you do all you can to find outCollection: Can Do
The best gift you can ever give your mentor is to grow. They feed off your growth. I believe that everyone has the seed of success inside, but too many people can't find it in themselves and as a result do not reach their potential. But there are those whose purpose in life is to fertilize the seed of potential in another, who are rewarded by seeing that person grow and blossom before their eyes. Raising up others to a higher level is a mentor's joy and sustenance.Collection: Believe
When values, thoughts, feelings, and actions are in alignment, a person becomes focused and character is strengthened.Collection: Character
Every time you make a mistake, don’t bring up everything that’s wrong with yourself; tell yourself that you’re paying the price for growth and that you will learn to do better next time. Every positive thing you can say to yourself will help.Collection: Inspirational
The best way to help people is to see the best in them.Collection: People
You add value to people when you value them.Collection: People
If your habits don't line up with your dream, then you need to either change your habits or change your dreamCollection: Dream
Be intentional to add value to every person you meet everyday.Collection: Everyday
A successful person finds the right place for himself. But a successful leader finds the right place for others. Few things in life are better than seeing people realize their potential. If you invest in people by helping individuals improve themselves, showing them the way to their “right place”, they will never be the same again. And neither will you. It is impossible to help others without helping yourself.Collection: Successful
SUCCESS is when I add value to MYSELF. SIGNIFICANCE is when I add value to OTHERS.Collection: Add
Successful people don't have any fewer problems than unsuccessful people; they just have a different mindset in dealing with them.Collection: Inspiring
Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing. That's the Law of Consistency. It doesn't matter how talented you are. It doesn't matter how many opportunities you receive. If you want to grow, consistency is key.Collection: Motivation
You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. Success doesn't just suddenly occur one day in someone's life. Neither does failure. Each is a process. Every day of your life is merely preparation for the next. What you become is the result of what you do today.Collection: Preparation
All leaders make mistakes. They are a part of life. Successful leaders recognize their errors, learn from them, and work to correct their faults.Collection: Mistake
Never underestimate the power of an encouraging word.Collection: Encouraging Words
A dream becomes a reality as a result of your actions, and your actions are controlled, to a large extent, by your habits.Collection: Dream
You will become on the outside, what you believe on the inside.Collection: Believe
If you wait until you feel like doing something, you will likely never accomplish it.Collection: Waiting
You never display your character more clearly than when you speak about the character of others.Collection: Character
If you aren't making any mistakes, it's a sure sign you're playing it too safe.Collection: Inspirational
To grow yourself, you must know yourself.Collection: Know Yourself
To gain credibility, you must consistently demonstrate three things: Initiative: You have to get up to go up. Sacrifice: You have to give up to go up. Maturity: You have to grow up to go up. If you show the way, people will want to follow you. The higher you go, the greater the number of people who will be willing to travel with you.Collection: Motivational
True success comes only when every generation continues to develop the next generation.Collection: Success
Good leadership isn't about advancing yourself. It's about advancing your team.Collection: Team
You are the only person who can label what you do a failure. Failure is subjective.Collection: Leadership
The key to your success, to my success, to everyone's success is determined by our daily agenda. What you and I do every day is either making us or breaking us, we're either preparing or repairing. So when somebody says, 'John, I want to be a success. Where do I start?' I say, It's very simple. Start with today.Collection: Simple
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.Collection: Commitment