Quotes about Self-reflection
If you could kick the person responsible for most of your troubles, you wouldn't be able to sit down for weeks.
- John Maxwell
English heart surgeon Martyn Lloyd-Jones asserted, "Most unhappiness in life is due to the fact that you are listening to yourself rather than talking to yourself.
- John Maxwell
THE QUESTION I MUST ASK MYSELF: DO I TREAT OTHERS BETTER THAN THEY TREAT ME?
- John 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 Maxwell
The most important person you ever talk to is yourself, so be careful what you say. The most important person you will evaluate is yourself, so be careful what you think. The most important person you will love is yourself, so be careful what you do.
- John Maxwell
People who blame others for their failures never overcome them. They simply move from problem to problem.
- John Maxwell
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
- John Maxwell
At least once a year I'd ask Steve to point out anything he thought I was doing that was wrong or weaknesses in my leadership that he believed might have me headed for trouble. After a couple of years of this, Steve once said, 'John, you are the most successful person I work with, yet you are the only one who invites critism. Why?' I don't trust anyone with power that can't be checked, I answered. Especially me.
- John Maxwell
I love the story about the shortest letter to the editor written to England's newspaper the Daily Mail. When the editor invited readers to send in their answers to the question, "What's wrong with the world?" writer G. K. Chesterton is reputed to have sent the following: Dear Sir, I am. Yours sincerely, G. K. Chesterton.
- John Maxwell
I may not be able to change the world I see around me, but I can change what I see within me.
- John Maxwell
You cannot separate your identity from your perspective. All that you are and every experience you've had color how you see things. It is your lens.
- John Maxwell
The only way to change how you view life is to change who you are on the inside.
- John Maxwell