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Tomorrow really will take care of itself if I do the right thing today.

Tomorrow really will take care of itself if I do the right thing today.

John C. Maxwell
Care, Today, Tomorrow
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Every journey toward a dream is personal, and as a result, so is the price that must be paid for it.

John C. Maxwell
Dream, Journey, Results
John C. Maxwell (2011). “Put Your Dream to the Test: 10 Questions to Help You See It and Seize It”, p.142, Thomas Nelson Inc

You cannot manage a decision you haven't made.

John C. Maxwell
Decision, Made, Havens
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Most pastors have a hard time grasping a vision. But vision is the indispensable quality of a leader.

John C. Maxwell
Hard Times, Leader, Vision
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Remember, at the time God gives us a vision, we never have the resources available to accomplish it. We don't have the people, the money, the knowledge, or the opportunity.

John C. Maxwell
Opportunity, People, Giving
"Turning Vision Into Reality". Enrichment Interview, enrichmentjournal.ag.org. January 2000.

When somebody tells you he or she is leading something, a fair question is, "What is your vision?"

John C. Maxwell
Vision, Fairs
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If a leader cannot give you a clear picture of what he or she sees in the future, that person is not the leader of that organization.

John C. Maxwell
Organization, Giving, Leader
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I think success has a lot to do with my own personal growth.

John C. Maxwell
Thinking, Growth, Personal Growth
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Churches whose members fight with one another have lost their vision for the lost.

John C. Maxwell
Fighting, Vision, Church
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People must learn how to think well to achieve their dreams and to reach their potential.

John C. Maxwell
Dream, Thinking, People

The great leaders in history were great not because of what they owned or earned but because of what they gave their lives to accomplish. They made a difference!

John C. Maxwell
Leadership, Differences, Great Leader
John C. Maxwell (2012). “The Complete 101 Collection”, p.138, Harper Collins

Many pastors fail to see God's vision fulfilled because they never have a strategy for fulfilling that vision.

John C. Maxwell
Vision, Failing, Strategy
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I think we impress people by our success, but I think we impact them by our failures.

John C. Maxwell
Thinking, Impact, People
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If you wouldn't follow yourself, why should anyone else?

John C. Maxwell
Should, Ifs
John C. Maxwell (2011). “The 360 Degree Leader: Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization”, p.65, Thomas Nelson Inc

Cooperation is working together agreeably... Collaboration is working together aggressively; and theres a world of difference between those two.

John C. Maxwell
Two, Differences, Working Together

The only way a church is going to be relevant is to get out of its comfort zone and connect with unchurched people.

John C. Maxwell
People, Church, Comfort
"Turning Vision Into Reality". Enrichment Interview, enrichmentjournal.ag.org. January 2000.

The key word in the church community is relationships, you know brother and sister in Christ.

John C. Maxwell
Brother, Keys, Community
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Everybody can be somebody when somebody understands and believes in her.

John C. Maxwell
Believe, Influence
John C. Maxwell (2011). “Maxwell Daily Reader: 365 Days of Insight to Develop the Leader Within You and Influence Those Around You”, p.180, Thomas Nelson Inc

We all stand on the shoulders of the past generation.

John C. Maxwell
Success, Past, Generations

Grow a leader-grow the organization. A company cannot grow without until its leaders grow within.

John C. Maxwell
Organization, Leader, Company
John C. Maxwell (2010). “Maxwell 2in1 (Developing the Leader w/in You/Developing Leaders Around You)”, p.216, Harper Collins

I kept saying to myself, this is a calling that God has given me. And so with intention I said, "Okay I'm going to write books not only for the Christian community, but also for the secular community." I found it really rewarding because the last one to use my gifts and advantages to people who look at church as not on their radar screen at all, it gives me favor with - I do a lot with Fortune 500 companies now.

John C. Maxwell
Christian, Book, Writing
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Not everybody who has a vision is a leader, but every leader has a vision.

John C. Maxwell
Leader, Vision
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I wish I could say I coined the phrase "failing forward." I do it all the time. I find as I've embraced this approach to business, life, cycling and generally any new endeavor I take on, I've grown more and more comfortable with the possibility that I am not likely to succeed on my first try. And that's ok.

John C. Maxwell
Cycling, Wish, Trying

I have found progress, personal growth, and new and exciting opportunities in my failure. I've grown more comfortable with the fact that in certain circumstances, I'm the person in the room who knows the least about what's going on.

John C. Maxwell
Opportunity, Growth, Progress

When the pastor and his or her church have a vision, they will put their energy, time, money, and personnel into achieving it.

John C. Maxwell
Past, Vision, Church
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