1,360 Quotes by John C. Maxwell

The happiest people are those who have harvested their time in others. The unhappiest people are those who wonder how the world is going to make them happy.

Now what I do is I manage that decision. And I teach them in the book how - know what decision to make and then how to manage those decisions. It's a very - it's a personal growth book [Today Matters]; that's what it is.

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.

We are to get wisdom and understanding, yet we are not to lean on it apart from the Lord.

Openness by the leader paves the way for ownership by the people. Without ownership, changes will be short term. Changing people's habits and ways of thinking is like writing instructions in the snow during a snowstorm. Every twenty minutes the instructions must be rewritten, unless ownership is given along with instructions.

When you make a commitment, you create hope. When you keep a commitment you create trust!

Leadership, like responsibility, is a voluntary act.

The true measure of leadership is influence - nothing more, nothing less.

Every time I have had a breakthrough in my life, it has been because of Prayer