John C. Maxwell

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

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

Leaders who are effective are leaders who are disciplined in their daily lives.

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

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

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

Success covers a multitude of blunders.

People who are fools don’t get successful, and they don’t get to be successful if they are worried about their popularity.

It was just inconceivable to me I couldn’t win it all.

A minute of success pays for years of failure.

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

When you’re successful, things have a momentum and you can’t tell if you have created the momentum or it’s creating you.

Action is the foundational key to all success.

It is no use saying, ‘We are doing our best.’ You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

Eighty percent of success is showing up.

I don’t cheat to win, I’d rather lose.

I don’t think people get to be successful without ambition.

I’ve always won, and I’m going to continue to win. And that’s the way it is.

To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can’t just accept the ones you like.

I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one’s business on earth, like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has succeeded in his courtship. I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind.

To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.