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John C. Maxwell Quotes about Character

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You build trust with others each time you choose integrity over image, truth over convenience, or honor over personal gain.

You build trust with others each time you choose integrity over image, truth over convenience, or honor over personal gain.

John C. Maxwell
Inspirational, Integrity, Character
FaceBook post by John C. Maxwell from Feb 11, 2016

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

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

The true measure of your character is what you would do if you were sure no one would ever find out.

John C. Maxwell
Character, Ifs
John C. Maxwell (2010). “The Right to Lead: Learning Leadership Through Character and Courage”, p.46, Thomas Nelson Inc

You never display your character more clearly than when you speak about the character of others.

John C. Maxwell
Character, Speak, Display
John C. Maxwell (2005). “The Choice is Yours: Today's Decisions for the Rest of Your Life”, Thomas Nelson Inc

When values, thoughts, feelings, and actions are in alignment, a person becomes focused and character is strengthened.

John C. Maxwell
Character, Feelings, Action
John C. Maxwell (2011). “Beyond Talent: Become Someone Who Gets Extraordinary Results”, p.200, Thomas Nelson Inc

Your success stops where your character stops. You can never rise above the limitations of your character.

John C. Maxwell
Character, Rise Above, Limitation

There are three qualities a leader must exemplify to build trust: competence, connection, and character.

John C. Maxwell
Character, Leader, Quality
John C. Maxwell “Leadership 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know”, Thomas Nelson Inc

People of poor character tend to blame their choices on circumstances. Ethical people make good choices regardless of circumstances. If they make enough good choices, they begin to create better conditions for themselves.

John C. Maxwell
Character, People, Choices

Good character improves every aspect of a person’s life.

John C. Maxwell
Character, Good Character, Aspect
John C. Maxwell (2007). “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You”, p.109, Thomas Nelson Inc

A big man is one who makes us feel bigger when we are with him.

John C. Maxwell
Inspirational, Leadership, Character
John C. Maxwell (2013). “Be A People Person: Effective Leadership Through Effective Relationships”, p.53, David C Cook

People today are desperate for leaders, but they want to be influenced only by individuals they can trust, persons of good character.

John C. Maxwell
Character, People, Leader
John C. Maxwell, Jim Dornan (2013). “How to Influence People: Make a Difference in Your World”, p.19, Thomas Nelson Inc

Talent is a gift, but our character is a choice. Talent is natural ability, our gift from God, but we have the power to determine our character. That power rests on a foundation consisting of the choices we make in life. And those choices almost always dictate the amount of trust others have in us, and to what level of leadership we rise.

John C. Maxwell
Character, Choices, Foundation

Character creates consistency, and if your people know what they can expect from you, they will continue to look to you for leadership.

John C. Maxwell
Leadership, Character, People

Character makes trust possible, and trust is the foundation of leadership.

John C. Maxwell
Leadership, Character, Foundation
John C. Maxwell (2012). “The Law of Solid Ground: Lesson 6 from The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership”, p.9, Thomas Nelson Inc

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent.

John C. Maxwell
Character, Talent, Outstanding
John C. Maxwell (2001). “Developing the Leader Within You Workbook”, p.219, Thomas Nelson Inc

Adversity is a crossroads that makes a person choose one of two paths: character or compromise. Every time he chooses character, he becomes stronger, even if that choice brings negative consequences.

John C. Maxwell
Character, Adversity, Two
John C. Maxwell (2007). “The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow”, p.10, Thomas Nelson Inc

Over time, is it easier or harder to sustain your influence within your organization? With charisma alone, influence becomes increasingly more difficult to sustain. With character, as time passes, influence builds and requires less work to sustain.

John C. Maxwell
Leadership, Character, Organization

Poem by Howard A. Walter (Character) I would be true, for there are those who trust me; I would be pure, for there are those who care; I would be strong, for there are those who suffer; I would be brave, for there is much to dare. I would be friend of all--- the foe, the friendless; I would be giving, and forget the gift; I would be humble, for I know my weakness; I would look up, and laugh, and love, and lift.

John C. Maxwell
Strong, Humble, Character
John C. Maxwell (2005). “Developing the Leader Within You”, p.120, Thomas Nelson Inc

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