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Leaders will not experience long-term success unless a lot of people want them to.

Leaders will not experience long-term success unless a lot of people want them to.

John C. Maxwell
Leadership, Basketball, Long

If you want to achieve great things, you need to have a great dream.

John C. Maxwell
Dream, Needs, Want
John C. Maxwell (2009). “How Successful People Think: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life”, p.25, Hachette UK

Like every person, every thought has the potential to become something great.

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Inspiration, Persons

Change the leader, change the organization.

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Organization, Leader

Mistakes are the stepping stones to success.

John C. Maxwell
Mistake, Stones, Stepping Stones

Nothing is more difficult to accomplish than changing outward actions without changing inward feelings.

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Feelings, Inward, Action
John C. Maxwell (2006). “Motivated to Succeed: Inspirational Selections from John C. Maxwell”, p.19, Thomas Nelson Inc

A word of Encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.

John C. Maxwell
Encouragement, Leader, Inspire
"Encouragement Changes Everything: Bless and Be Blessed". Book by John C. Maxwell, 2008.

Each person we meet has the potential to teach us something.

John C. Maxwell
Teach, Persons
John C. Maxwell (2011). “The 360 Degree Leader: Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization”, p.141, Thomas Nelson Inc

TALENT PROVIDES HOPE FOR ACCOMPLISHMENT, BUT PERSEVERANCE GUARANTEES IT.

John C. Maxwell
Perseverance, Accomplishment, Guarantees
John C. Maxwell (2009). “Maxwell 2-in-1 Becoming a Person of Influence & Talent Is Never Enough”, p.95, Thomas Nelson Inc

Vision without passion is a picture without possibilities.

John C. Maxwell
Passion, Vision, Possibility
John C. Maxwell (2010). “Everyone Communicates, Few Connect: What the Most Effective People Do Differently”, p.212, Thomas Nelson Inc

Most people want to avoid pain, and discipline is usually painful.

John C. Maxwell
Pain, Discipline, People

As you get older, time speeds up but life slows down.

John C. Maxwell
Speed, Slow Down

We don't mature momentarily, but over the long-term.

John C. Maxwell
Long, Mature, Term

Actions are remembered long after words are forgotten.

John C. Maxwell
Long, Action, Forgotten
John C. Maxwell (2005). “Winning with People Workbook”, p.30, Thomas Nelson Inc

If you're always at the head of the class, then you're in the wrong class.

John C. Maxwell
Class, Ifs

Connecting is the key to Influence. Influence is the key to Leading. Leading is the key to Success!

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Keys, Influence, Key To Success

The truth is that you can spend your life any way you want, but you can spend it only once.

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Inspirational, Want, Way
John C. Maxwell (2003). “Thinking for a Change: 11 Ways Highly Successful People Approach Life and Work”, p.41, Hachette UK

Your emotions are making it difficult for you to accept hard decisions.

John C. Maxwell
Decision, Emotion, Accepting
John C. Maxwell (2014). “Good Leaders Ask Great Questions: Your Foundation for Successful Leadership”, p.166, Hachette UK

Attitude ... is the vanguard of your true self.

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Attitude, Self, Vanguard
John C. Maxwell (2014). “The Difference Maker Lunch & Learn”, p.1, BookBaby

To collaborative team members, completing one another is more important than competing with one another.

John C. Maxwell
Success, Teamwork, Team Building
John C. Maxwell (2006). “The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player: Becoming the Kind of Person Every Team Wants”, p.14, Thomas Nelson Inc

The only thing a title can buy is a little time-either to increase your level of influence with others or to undermine it.

John C. Maxwell
Titles, Levels, Littles
John C. Maxwell (2007). “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership Workbook: Revised and Updated”, p.14, Thomas Nelson Inc

A minute of thought is greater than an hour of talk.

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Hours, Minutes, Greater

Before you can do anything else in the lives of others, you must show them love.

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Shows, Lives Of Others, Can Do
John C. Maxwell, Jim Dornan (1997). “Becoming a Person of Influence: How to Positively Impact the Lives of Others”, p.40, Thomas Nelson Inc

The sheer act of listening speaks volumes that even a great speech can't communicate.

John C. Maxwell
Listening, Speech, Speak
John C. Maxwell (2007). “Leadership Promises for Your Week”, p.148, Thomas Nelson Inc

My leadership began to take flight when I allowed myself to press people to change-whether they thanked me or cursed me.

John C. Maxwell
Leadership, People, Flight

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