Top 100 Quotes About Maxwell
#2. I can afford to take a risk in my life. Only the insecure cannot afford to risk failure. The secure can be honest about themselves. They can admit failure. They are able to seek help and try again. They can change
John C. Maxwell
#3. Finally, we can accept this stunning, irrevocable truth: Our Lord can lift us from deep despair and cradle us midst any care. We cannot tell him anything about aloneness or nearness! ... He who cannot lie, will atteast to our adequacy with the warm words, Well Done.
Neal A. Maxwell
#4. Successful people do what is right no matter how they feel, and by doing right, they feel good.
John C. Maxwell
#5. One simply cannot come to a cause like the kingdom of God, with its celestial concepts, and not appreciate and identify with what Ammon said: "Behold, I say unto you, I cannot say the smallest part which I feel."
Neal A. Maxwell
#6. The doctrine of foreordination is not a doctrine of repose; instead, it is a doctrine for second- and third-milers, and it will draw out of them the last full measure of devotion. It is a doctrine for the deep believer but it will bring only scorn from the skeptic.
Neal A. Maxwell
#7. You cannot go to the cemetery and ask to be enlightened on matters of this kind, though it would ease my mind considerably if you could.
William Maxwell
#8. The biggest secret of self-esteem is this: Begin to appreciate other people more; show respect for any human being merely because he is a child of God and therefore a thing of value.
Maxwell Maltz
#9. What you are going to be tomorrow, you are becoming today.
John C. Maxwell
#10. Those few members who desert the cause are abandoning an oasis to search for water in the desert.
Neal A. Maxwell
#11. Good manners spring from just one thing - kind impulses.
Elsa Maxwell
#12. You will act like the sort of person you conceive yourself to be.
Maxwell Maltz
#14. Good thinkers always prime the pump of ideas. They always look for things to get the thinking process started, because what you put in always impacts what comes out.
John C. Maxwell
#15. You can't build a relationship with everybody in the room when you don't care about anybody in the room.
John C. Maxwell
#16. The charity of good women is such that their 'love makes no parade'; they are not glad 'when others go wrong'; they are too busy serving to sit statusfully about, waiting to be offended.
Neal A. Maxwell
#17. Successful people make right decisions early and manage those decisions daily.
John C. Maxwell
#18. We overestimate the event and underestimate the process. Every fulfilled dream occurred because of dedication to the process.
John C. Maxwell
#19. Two people could build an outhouse in four hours. They're not complicated.
Robert Maxwell
#21. With no sense of the passing of time, they held each other and lost themselves in the opening, unmasking tenderness that always comes after a satisfactory quarrel.
William Maxwell
#22. I am as I am, And so is a stone; Them that don't like me, Must leave me alone.
Neal A. Maxwell
#23. I testify that He is utterly incomparable in what He is, what He knows, what He has accomplished and what He has experienced. Yet, movingly, He calls us His Friends
Neal A. Maxwell
#25. What we insistently desire, over time, is what we become.
Neal A. Maxwell
#26. As you submit your wills to God, you are giving Him the only thing you can actually give Him that is really yours to give. Don't wait too long to find the altar or to begin to place the gift of your wills upon it! No need to wait for a receipt; the Lord has His own special ways of acknowledging.
Neal A. Maxwell
#27. By talking others out of their dreams, critical people excuse themselves for staying in their comfort zones.
John C. Maxwell
#28. Scoundrels will be corrupt and unconcerned citizens apathetic under even the best constitution.
William Earl Maxwell
#30. ...no one of mature age cares to make a complete confession of his past life.
W.B. Maxwell
#31. Out of what I had received in my development, I was also able to give. The confidence I gained from personal growth gave me credibility and made me believe I could start developing others. And in that, I found life's greatest joy and reward.
John C. Maxwell
#32. The more seriously you take your growth, the more seriously your people will take you.
John C. Maxwell
#33. Each day is an unrepeatable miracle. Today will never happen again, so we must make it count.
John C. Maxwell
#34. The demands are related to their questing of the best possible out of the people concerned. It's this going for the highest possible factor that I'm very concerned about.
Peter Maxwell Davies
#35. Am I worthy of Juliet, I wondered, worthy as my father was of my mother?
Robin Maxwell
#36. I want to make a difference with people who want to make a difference, doing something that makes a difference.
John C. Maxwell
#37. Nothing speaks like results. If you want to build the kind of credibility that connects with people, then deliver results before you deliver a message. Get out and do what you advise others to do. Communicate from experience.
John C. Maxwell
#38. Most accomplishments in life come more easily if you approach them strategically
John C. Maxwell
#39. Discernment can be described as the ability to find the root of the matter, and it relies on intuition as well as rational thought.
John C. Maxwell
#40. We are to get wisdom and understanding, yet we are not to lean on it apart from the Lord.
John C. Maxwell
#41. The winds of tribulation blow out some men's candles of commitment.(Maxwell) Our job in recovery is to protect our candle from those winds.
Roger Stark
#42. Living together/ is one move closer/ to living apart
Kristi Maxwell
#43. People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.
John C. Maxwell
#44. In my experience, followers always ask leaders 3 questions: 1) Do you care 4 me? 2) Can you help me? 3) Can I trust you?
John C. Maxwell
#45. A Chinese proverb says, "Those who drink the water must remember those who dug the well." Gratitude is one of the most attractive of all personal attributes;
John C. Maxwell
#46. TALENT PROVIDES HOPE FOR ACCOMPLISHMENT, BUT PERSEVERANCE GUARANTEES IT.
John C. Maxwell
#47. Practice the 101 Percent Principle. Whenever possible, find the 1 percent you do agree on in a difficult situation, and give it 100 percent of your effort.
John C. Maxwell
#48. The dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential.
John C. Maxwell
#49. You will never fulfill your destiny doing work you despise.
John C. Maxwell
#50. When you make a commitment, you create hope. When you keep a commitment you create trust!
John C. Maxwell
#52. THE LAW OF THE CHAIN The Strength of the Team Is Impacted by Its Weakest Link
John C. Maxwell
#53. The "Success-type" personality is composed of: S-ense of direction U - nderstanding C-ourage C-harity E-steem S-elf-Confidence S-elf-Acceptance.
Maxwell Maltz
#54. To really become motivated to succeed, people need to believe they can win.
John C. Maxwell
#55. You are embarking on the greatest adventure of your life - to improve your self-image, to create more meaning in your life and in the lives of others. This is your responsibility.
Maxwell Maltz
#56. Success is choosing to enter the arena of action, determined to give yourself to the cause that will better humanity and last for eternity.
John C. Maxwell
#57. We are vulnerable if we can be taken by a wave of emotion, invaded by an invidious impulse, roughed up by resentment, or engulfed by a surge of selfishness.
Neal A. Maxwell
#58. The company owner doesn't need to win. The best idea does.
John C. Maxwell
#59. Nothing is more difficult to accomplish than changing outward actions without changing inward feelings.
John C. Maxwell
#60. Effective leaders don't gather things just for themselves; they do it in order to give to others.
John C. Maxwell
#62. Life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you.
John C. Maxwell
#63. Every sailor knows that you can't sail a ship that isn't moving forward, strong leaders understand that to change direction, you first have to create forward progress.
John C. Maxwell
#64. Long ago it took a Copernicus to tell a provincial world that this planet was not the center of the universe. Some selfish moderns need a Copernican reminder that they are not the center of the universe either!
Neal A. Maxwell
#65. Our attitude is the primary force that will determine whether we succeed or fail.
John C. Maxwell
#66. The present government is very insistent that business sponsorship should replace government sponsorship of the arts. Business sponsorship won't happen unless you make tax concessions, which they won't.
Peter Maxwell Davies
#67. Success each day should be judged by the seeds sown, not the harvest reaped.
John C. Maxwell
#68. We cannot become what we need by remaining what we are.
John C. Maxwell
#69. How does a person become productive? Find your strength and then find someone who needs your strength.
John C. Maxwell
#70. As negative thoughts produce negative actions, so positive thoughts produce positive actions.
John C. Maxwell
#71. Obviously, family values mirror our personal priorities. Given the gravity of current conditions, would parents be willing to give up just one outside thing, giving that time and talent instead to the family.
Neal A. Maxwell
#72. Your life expands in proportion to your courage. Fear limits a leader.
John C. Maxwell
#73. Let me tell you a secret, a tremendous and wonderful secret. Let me share with you something so valuable that any schoolboy would gladly trade his most treasured procession to find out what I shall tell you.
Maxwell Grantly
#74. I was shocked by the reaction I got for Bleak House. It was very intensive but one of the best jobs of my life. It was a chance to play a character that grows and develops and I was very enmeshed in it. But I didn't realise how stylish it was and how much people would love it.
Anna Maxwell Martin
#75. Wanting to win isn't enough. You have to go through a process to improve. That takes patience, perseverance, and intentionality.
John C. Maxwell
#76. The cavity which suffering carves into our souls will one day also be the receptacle of joy.
Neal A. Maxwell
#77. If you're writing a piece for the Boston Pops, the balance is towards one end. If you're writing a piece for a chamber music society, then it's towards another point. I won't make a final answer on that. I think it changes with every piece.
Peter Maxwell Davies
#78. A dream becomes a reality as a result of your actions, and your actions are controlled, to a large extent, by your habits.
John C. Maxwell
#79. Often people fail to start or complete a task because they don't see any connection between what they're doing and what they really want to accomplish in life.
John C. Maxwell
#80. Leaders don't rise to the pinnacle of success without developing the right set of attitudes and habits; they make every day a masterpiece.
John C. Maxwell
#81. Transmit your vision emotionally by gaining credibility, demonstrating passion, establishing relationships and communicating a felt need. Transmit it logically by confronting reality, formulating strategy, accepting responsibility, celebrating victory and learning from defeat.
John C. Maxwell
#82. Anyone can steer the ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course. Leaders who are good navigators are capable of taking their people just about anywhere.
John C. Maxwell
#83. Leadership is more disposition than position - influence others from wherever you are.
John C. Maxwell
#84. Profile of a winning team - They play to win. They have a winning attitude. They keep improving. They make their teammates more successful.
John C. Maxwell
#86. I don't hate anyone. I dislike. But my dislike is the equivalent of anyone else's hate.
Elsa Maxwell
#87. What you give to help others, builds them up enough that they are able to give to others. It's a cycle that can continue on long after you're dead and gone.
John C. Maxwell
#88. We tend to get in life what we are willing to tolerate.
John C. Maxwell
#89. The average for entrepreneurs is 3.8 failures before they finally make it in business.
John C. Maxwell
#91. The greatest of all insights is that we cannot be tomorrow what we do not do today.
John C. Maxwell
#94. Think doubt and fail, think victory and succeed
Ann Maxwell
#96. Problems are not my problem. It's not what happens to me but what happens in me that matters.
John C. Maxwell
#97. To change a habit, make a conscious decision, then act out the new behavior.
Maxwell Maltz
#98. Smart leaders believe only half of what they
hear. Discerning leaders know which have
to believe.
John C. Maxwell
#99. The flame of family can warm us and at the same time be a perpetual pilot light to rekindle us.
Neal A. Maxwell
#100. Whenever any of these new writers come up who are brilliant, I always realize that you have more talent and more skill than any of them;---but circumstances have prevented you from realizing upon the fact for a long time. [About F. Scott Fitzgerald]
Maxwell Perkins
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