Quotes from John Maxwell

It is our business to do what's right; it's God's business to make sure everything turns out right.

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

Adversity doesn't build character; it reveals it.

It's easier to move from failure to success than from excuses to success.

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.

It will add to your effectiveness, subtract from your weaknesses, divide your workload, and multiply your impact.

Decide whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying.

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

Rule #1: You will learn lessons. Rule #2: There are no mistakes—only lessons. Rule #3: A lesson is repeated until it is learned.

Rule #4: If you don't learn the easy lessons, they get harder. (Pain is one way the universe gets your attention.) Rule #5: You'll know you've learned a lesson when your actions change.

Discernment can be described as the ability to find the root of the matter, and it relies on intuition as well as rational thought.

the entire population of the world—with one minor exception—is composed of others.