Quotes about Challenge
A leader who loves the status quo soon becomes a follower.
- John Maxwell
Poet Lord Byron was right when he stated, "Adversity is the first path to truth.
- John Maxwell
There has never been a statue erected to the memory of someone who left well enough alone.
- John Maxwell
The only person who avoids failure altogether is the person who never leaves her driveway. So the real issue is not whether you're going to fail. It's whether you're going to fail successfully (profiting from your failure).
- John Maxwell
Crisis doesn't necessarily make character, but it certainly does reveal it.
- John Maxwell
You are out of your comfort zone: Growth requires risk. Ronald E. Osborne stated, "Unless you do something beyond what you've already mastered, you will never grow.
- John Maxwell
Get a new definition of failure. Regard it as the price you pay for progress. If you can do that, you will put yourself in a much better position to fail forward.
- John Maxwell
In order to do anything new in life, we must be willing to leave our comfort zone. That involves taking risks, which can be frightening. However, each time we leave our comfort zone and conquer new territory, it not only expands our comfort zone but also enlarges us. If you want to grow as a leader, be prepared to be uncomfortable. But know this: the risks are well worth the rewards.
- John Maxwell
Thinking is hard work; that's why so few do it.
- John Maxwell
What's more dangerous than playing big? Never taking a risk.
- John Maxwell
Don't avoid paying the immediate price of changeāif you do, you will pay the ultimate price of never improving.
- John Maxwell
Life involves struggle.
- John Maxwell