John C. Maxwell

A successful person finds the right place for himself. But a successful leader finds the right place for others.

Success is…knowing your purpose in life, growing to reach your maximum potential, and sowing seeds that benefit others.

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

The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure.

A great leader’s courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.

As a leader, the first person I need to lead is me. The first person that I should try to change is me.

A lot of people don’t like to win. They actually don’t know how to win, and they don’t like to win because down deep inside they don’t want to win.

Success tends to go not to the person who is error-free, because he also tends to be risk-averse. Rather it goes to the person who recognizes that life is pretty much a percentage business. It isn’t making mistakes that’s critical; it’s correcting them and getting on with the principal task.

We learned about gratitude and humility – that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean… and we were taught to value everyone’s contribution and treat everyone with respect.

Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own.

To be successful in the world of entrepreneurs, especially in the early stages, a person must learn to fail, correct, learn, apply what was learned, and fail again.

The real secret to success is enthusiasm.

Whenever I hear it can’t be done, I know I am close to success.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

You may not be interested in strategy, but strategy is interested in you.

Success isn’t about how your life looks to others. It’s about how it feels to you. We realized that being successful isn’t about being impressive, it’s about being inspired. That’s what it means to be true to yourself.

In the end, you’re measured not by how much you undertake but by what you finally accomplish.

You may only succeed if you desire succeeding; you may only fail if you do not mind failing.

Success is not all about money. It’s about having the resources and the ability to live the life that you have personally dreamed of.

Success covers a multitude of blunders.

Success comes from failure, not from memorizing the right answers.