Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" The first time you say something, it's heard. The second time, it's recognized, and the third time it's learned. "
John C. Maxwell
Time
First Time
Heard
Related Quotes:
" If you're lying, you're lying. "
John C. Maxwell
You
Lying
" Everything rises and falls on leadership. "
John C. Maxwell
Rises
Leadership
Falls
" The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up. "
John C. Maxwell
Attitude
Day
Life
" Your attitude towards failure determines your altitude after failure. "
John C. Maxwell
Altitude
Attitude
Failure
" Policies are many, Principles are few, Policies will change, Principles never do. "
John C. Maxwell
Will
Change
Many
" We all have done something unethical. "
John C. Maxwell
Done
Unethical
Something
" Whenever a high-profile leader dies, people immediately attempt to summarize that person's life in a sentence. Often, critics and commentators get caught up looking at the leader's style, or which political or philosophical camp they represented. "
John C. Maxwell
Life
Up
Style
" Every person has a longing to be significant; to make a contribution; to be a part of something noble and purposeful. "
John C. Maxwell
Longing
Contribution
Person
" The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda. "
John C. Maxwell
Success
Daily
Determined
" In the end, people are persuaded not by what we say, but by what they understand. "
John C. Maxwell
Say
Understand
Brainy
" Educators take something simple and make it complicated. Communicators take something complicated and make it simple. "
John C. Maxwell
Take
Something
Simple
" As you get older, time speeds up but life slows down. "
John C. Maxwell
Life
Down
Time
" Exceptionally hard decisions can deplete your energy to the point at which you finally cave in. If you mentally crumble and degenerate into negative thinking, you'll magnify the problem to the point where it can haunt you. "
John C. Maxwell
Energy
Decisions
Problem
" Good thinkers always prime the pump of ideas. They always look for things to get the thinking process started, because what you put in always impacts what comes out. "
John C. Maxwell
Ideas
Look
Process
" All of the people in my life whom I consider to be close friends or colleagues are good thinkers. "
John C. Maxwell
My Life
People
Good
" As a leader, the first person I need to lead is me. The first person that I should try to change is me. "
John C. Maxwell
Leader
Me
Change
" Without failure there is no achievement. "
John C. Maxwell
Achievement
Without
Failure
" People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life. "
John C. Maxwell
Spend
Who
Time
" Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up. "
John C. Maxwell
Bread
Up
Alone
" A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential. "
John C. Maxwell
Leader
Teacher
Marriage
" Live to learn, and you will really learn to live. "
John C. Maxwell
You
Will
Really
" The dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential. "
John C. Maxwell
Wealth
Powerful
Dreams
" Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them. "
John C. Maxwell
Others
Leadership
Far
" Time is more valuable than money, because time is irreplaceable. "
John C. Maxwell
Money
Because
Time
" If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it - young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous - is changed by it. "
John C. Maxwell
Leader
Encouragement
You
" Self-centered leaders manipulate when they move people for personal benefit. Mature leaders motivate by moving people for mutual benefit. "
John C. Maxwell
Moving
Personal
Move
" The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one. "
John C. Maxwell
Make
Will
Fear
" People who add value to others do so intentionally. I say that because to add value, leaders must give of themselves, and that rarely occurs by accident. "
John C. Maxwell
Value
Because
Others
" Most people want to avoid pain, and discipline is usually painful. "
John C. Maxwell
Discipline
People
Pain
" It seems the older you get, the more life comes into focus. "
John C. Maxwell
Older
You
Focus