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John C. Maxwell

John C. Maxwell

Author · American · b. 1947

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Remember, in the end, it isn't what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.
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Every worthwhile accomplishment has a price tag attached to it. The question is always whether you are willing to pay the price to attain it - in hard work, sacrifice, patience, faith, and endurance.
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Every time I have had a breakthrough in my life, it has been because of Prayer
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Great leaders understand that the right attitude will set the right atmosphere, which enables the right response from others.
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There is a world of difference between a person who has a big problem and a person who makes a problem big.
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Once our minds are 'tattooed' with negative thinking, our chances for long-term success diminish.
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Don't wait until you feel positive to move forward. Act your way into feeling good.
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The truth is that teamwork is at the heart of great achievement.
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Good attitudes among players do not guarantee a team's success, but bad attitudes guarantee it's failure.
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Dreams don't work unless you do
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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.
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The greatest enemy of good thinking is busyness.
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When was the last time you did something for the first time?
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Most people who decide to grow personally find their first mentors in the pages of books.
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Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time.
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When the leader lacks confidence, the followers lack commitment.
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You see, when our attitudes outdistance our abilities, even the impossible becomes possible.
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The leader’s Attitude is like a thermostat for the place she works. If her attitude is good, the atmosphere is pleasant, and the environment is easy to work in. But if her attitude is bad, the temperature is insufferable.
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Few things build a person up like affirmation. According to Webster’s New World Dictionary, Third College Edition (Simon and Schuster, 1991), the word affirm comes from ad firmare, which means “to make firm.” So when you affirm people, you make firm within them the things you see about them. Do that often enough, and the belief that solidifies within them will become stronger than the doubts they have about themselves.
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if you don't have peace, it isn't because someone took it from you; you gave it away. You cannot always control what happens to you, but you can control what happens in you.
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He that thinketh he leadeth and hath no one following him is only taking a walk.
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