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When you are bigger than your purpose you have a career. When your purpose is bigger than you, you have a calling.

When you are bigger than your purpose you have a career. When your purpose is bigger than you, you have a calling.

John C. Maxwell
Careers, Purpose, Calling

Life is like riding in a taxi. Whether you are going anywhere or not, the meter keeps ticking.

John C. Maxwell
Life Is Like, Riding, Meter
John C. Maxwell (2014). “Success: One Day at a Time”, p.102, Thomas Nelson Inc

Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing. That's the Law of Consistency. It doesn't matter how talented you are. It doesn't matter how many opportunities you receive. If you want to grow, consistency is key.

John C. Maxwell
Motivation, Opportunity, Keys

If you focus on goals, you may hit goals - but that doesn't guarantee growth. If you focus on growth, you will grow and always hit goals.

John C. Maxwell
Goal, Focus, Growth

If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone.

John C. Maxwell
Change, Positive, Courage

You add value to people when you value them.

John C. Maxwell
People, Add, Values

All leaders make mistakes. They are a part of life. Successful leaders recognize their errors, learn from them, and work to correct their faults.

John C. Maxwell
Mistake, Successful, Errors
John C. Maxwell (1995). “Developing the Leaders Around You: How to Help Others Reach Their Full Potential”, p.67, Thomas Nelson Inc

Life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you.

John C. Maxwell
Choices, Choices You Make, Matter
John C. Maxwell (2011). “Beyond Talent: Become Someone Who Gets Extraordinary Results”, p.10, Thomas Nelson Inc

It's better to prepare than to repair.

John C. Maxwell
John C. Maxwell (2006). “The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player: Becoming the Kind of Person Every Team Wants”, p.98, Thomas Nelson Inc

You will become on the outside, what you believe on the inside.

John C. Maxwell
Believe
John C. Maxwell (2011). “Beyond Talent: Become Someone Who Gets Extraordinary Results”, p.24, Thomas Nelson Inc

To lead yourself, use your head; to lead others, use your heart. Always touch a person's heart before you ask him for a hand.

John C. Maxwell
Heart, Hands, Use
John C. Maxwell (2007). “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You”, p.123, Thomas Nelson Inc

Leadership is taking responsibility while others are making excuses.

John C. Maxwell
Responsibility, Excuse, Taking Responsibility
John C. Maxwell (2015). “The Leadership Handbook: 26 Critical Lessons Every Leader Needs”, p.10, Thomas Nelson Inc

When we trust God, He can make the ordinary extraordinary!

John C. Maxwell
Wrestling, Ordinary Extraordinary, Trust In God

So think long and hard about who you're spending the most time with, for wherever they are headed, so are you.

John C. Maxwell
Thinking, Long, Spending

The first person you lead is you.

John C. Maxwell
Firsts, Persons, First Person
John C. Maxwell (2002). “Leadership 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know”, p.19, Thomas Nelson

Where there is no hope in the future, there is no power in the present.

John C. Maxwell
Leadership, No Hope
John C. Maxwell (2007). “Contagious Leadership Workbook: The EQUIP Leadership Series”, p.71, Thomas Nelson Inc

The best gift you can ever give your mentor is to grow. They feed off your growth. I believe that everyone has the seed of success inside, but too many people can't find it in themselves and as a result do not reach their potential. But there are those whose purpose in life is to fertilize the seed of potential in another, who are rewarded by seeing that person grow and blossom before their eyes. Raising up others to a higher level is a mentor's joy and sustenance.

John C. Maxwell
Believe, Eye, Giving

Talent is a gift, but character is a choice.

John C. Maxwell
Inspirational, Character, Choices
John C. Maxwell (2007). “Leadership Promises for Your Week”, p.56, Thomas Nelson Inc

God chooses what we go through; we choose how we go through it.

John C. Maxwell
John C. Maxwell (2005). “Developing the Leader Within You”, p.78, Thomas Nelson Inc

Your talk talks and your walk talks, but your walk talks louder than your talk talks.

John C. Maxwell
Walks

It's true that charisma can make a person stand out for a moment, but character sets a person apart for a lifetime.

John C. Maxwell
Inspirational, Leadership, Character

To measure a leader, put a tape around his heart, not his head.

John C. Maxwell
Heart, Leader, Tape
John C. Maxwell (2010). “The Right to Lead: Learning Leadership Through Character and Courage”, p.75, Thomas Nelson Inc

If you lack initiative, recognize that the problem comes from the inside, not from others. Determine why you hesitate to take action. Does risk scare you? Are you discouraged by past failures? Do you not see the potential that opportunity offers? Find the source of your hesitation, and address it. You won't be able to move forward on the outside until you can move forward on the inside.

John C. Maxwell
Moving, Past, Opportunity
John C. Maxwell (2007). “The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow”, p.47, Thomas Nelson Inc

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.

John C. Maxwell
Inspirational, Inspiration, Happens
John C. Maxwell (2013). “Be A People Person: Effective Leadership Through Effective Relationships”, p.26, David C Cook

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

John C. Maxwell
Being Strong, Wisdom, Stay Strong
John C. Maxwell (2001). “The Power of Leadership”, p.18, David C Cook

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