Quotes from John Maxwell

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it enough.

Practicing responsibility will do great things for you. It will strengthen your talent, advance your skills, and increase your opportunities. It will improve your quality of life during the day and help you to sleep better at night. But it will also improve the lives of the people around you.

SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE DO DAILY WHAT UNSUCCESSFUL PEOPLE DO ONLY OCCASIONALLY.

HOW ARE YOU FILLING UP THE PAGES OF YOUR LIFE?

Experience alone isn't a good enough teacher — evaluated experience is.

Borrowed beliefs have no passion, therefore no power.

Theodore Hesburgh said, "The very essence of leadership is that you have a vision. It's got to be a vision you can articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet." An "uncertain trumpet" is usually the result of an individual who either lacks a vision or is trying to lead with someone else's dream. There is a vast difference between a person with a vision and a visionary person.

Silent gratitude isn't much good to anyone.

Ideas have a short shelf life. You must act on them before the expiration date

Despite his business success, Nabi keeps everything in perspective. When we were at the conference together, Nabi told me, "We aren't in the coffee business, serving people. We're in the people business, serving coffee.

The writer of Proverbs observed that sharp people sharpen one another, just as iron sharpens iron. If you want to be a sharp thinker, be around sharp people.

know this: though not everything that we face can be changed, nothing can be changed until we face it.