1,360 Quotes by John C. Maxwell

When it comes to money, you can't win. If you focus on making it, you're materialistic. If you try to but don't make any, you're a loser. If you make a lot and keep it, you're a miser. If you make it and spend it, you're a spendthrift. If you don't care about making it, you're unambitious. If you make a lot and still have it when you die, you're a fool-for trying to take it with you. The only way to really win with money is to hold it loosely-and be generous with it to accomplish things of value.

The dream is free...but the journey will cost you something.

A person who has a dream knows what he is willing to give up in order to go up.

You have to live with the people to know their needs, and you have to live with God to know how to solve them.

Most people who want to get ahead do it backward. They think, 'I'll get a bigger job, then I'll learn how to be a leader.' But showing leadership skill is how you get the bigger job in the first place. Leadership isn't a position, it's a process.

If we treat people as who they can become, they will be inspired to rise to the level of our expectations.

Giving is the highest level of living.

The collective influence of you and the other leaders will bring the rest along. If this does not happen, divided interest and loyalty will occur within the group.

The average for entrepreneurs is 3.8 failures before they finally make it in business.