Quotes about Commitment
Model: Ezra committed himself first to study God's Word, then to practice it, then to communicate it to the rest of Israel.
— John Maxwell
A person without discipline is in a prison without bars.
— John Maxwell
The starting point of all achievement is drive, determination, and desire.
— John Maxwell
Leaders who are effective are leaders who are disciplined in their daily lives.
— John Maxwell
They are committed to excellence. John Johnson in Christian Excellence writes, "Success bases our worth on a comparison with others. Excellence gauges our value by measuring us against our own potential. Success grants its rewards to the few but is the dream of the multitudes. Excellence is available to all living beings but is accepted by the... few.
— John Maxwell
The Higher the Level of Leadership, the Greater the Sacrifice: The higher you go, the more it's going to cost you. And it doesn't matter what kind of leadership career you pick. You will have to make sacrifices. You will have to give up to go up.
— John Maxwell
Four Unpardonable Sins of a Communicator": being unprepared, uncommitted, uninteresting, or uncomfortable.
— John Maxwell
The secret of the surrendered life is giving God the first part of every day, the first day of every week, the first portion of your income, the first consideration in every decision, and the first place in all of your life.
— John Maxwell
Willing to pay the price to be a perpetual learner.
— John Maxwell
How do you know something is an excuse? Ask yourself, "Would it stop me from doing something I love to do?" If it wouldn't, it's an excuse.
— John Maxwell
Most people produce only when they feel like it. Leaders produce even when they don't feel like it.
— John Maxwell
The Law of Diminishing Intent says that the longer you wait to do something you should do now, the greater the odds that you will never do it.
— John Maxwell