God prepares leaders in a crockpot, not a microwave. More important than the awaited goal is the work God does in us while we wait. Waiting deepens and matures us, levels our perspective, and broadens our understanding. Tests of time determine whether we can endure seasons of seemingly unfruitful preparation, and indicate whether we can recognize and seize the opportunities that come our way.

— John C. Maxwell

John C. Maxwell Quotes

This is true. What a man is survives him. It can.

— John C. Maxwell

More than anything else, what keeps a person going in the midst of adversity is having a sense of purpose. It is the fuel that powers persistence.

— John C. Maxwell

You may have a million reasons not to get started now. In a month or a year or five years from now, you may have only one regret – that you didn’t start now.

— John C. Maxwell

If you’re proactive, you focus on preparing. If you’re reactive, you end up focusing on repairing.

— John C. Maxwell

And you will have greater credibility with your leader if you admit your shortcomings and refrain from making excuses.

— John C. Maxwell

Charlie Brower said, “A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man’s brow.” Negative environments kill thousands of great ideas every minute.

— John C. Maxwell

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an invasion of ideas.” – Victor Hugo.

— John C. Maxwell

The happiest day of your life will be the day when you realize “we” really is the most important word in the English language.

— John C. Maxwell

The first law of holes says, “When you are in one, stop digging.

— John C. Maxwell

May thinking become your greatest tool for creating the world you desire.

— John C. Maxwell

When an archer misses the mark he turns and looks for the fault within himself. Failure to hit the bull’s-eye is never the fault of the target. To improve your aim, improve yourself.

— John C. Maxwell

Asking and hearing people’s opinions has a greater effect on them than telling them, ‘Good job.’ ” – Sam Walton.

— John C. Maxwell

One of the reasons that problem solving is so difficult is that we are often too close to the problems to truly understand them.

— John C. Maxwell

A deaf ear is the first indication of a closed mind.

— John C. Maxwell

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for someone else. – BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.

— John C. Maxwell

Napoleon Hill said, “It’s not what you are going to do, but it’s what you are doing right now that counts.

— John C. Maxwell

Failure isn’t failure if you do better the next time.

— John C. Maxwell

As Michel de Montaigne observed, “No wind favors him who has no destined port.

— John C. Maxwell

If you want people to remember what you say, you need to say the right thing at the right moment in the right way!

— John C. Maxwell

Learning to pause and ask questions turns experience into insight.

— John C. Maxwell
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