1,360 Quotes by John C. Maxwell

If your desire is a 10 but your self-esteem is a 5, you’ll never perform at the level of a 10. You’ll perform as a 5 or lower. People are ever able to outperform their self-image.

Good leaders must communicate vision clearly, creatively, and continually. However, the vision doesn’t come alive until the leader models it.

If people around you don’t believe in you, if they don’t encourage you, then you need to find some people who do.

If you wouldn’t follow yourself, why should anyone else?

Little progress is better than no progress at all. Success comes in taking many small steps. If you stumble in a small step, it rarely matters. Don’t gift wrap the garbage. Let little failures go.

Credibility is a leader’s currency. With it, he or she is solvent; without it, he or she is bankrupt.

Failure is not a one-time event; it’s how you deal with life along the way. Until you breathe your last breath, you’re still in the process, and there is still time to turn things around for the better.

Integrity is not a given factor in everyone’s life. It is a result of self-discipline, inner trust, and a decision to be relentlessly honest in all situations in our lives.

People’s purpose in life is always connected to their giftedness.