Quotes about Commitment
A team is a group of people who may not be equal in experience, talent, or education but in commitment."
— John Maxwell
Leaders have to grow into their roles, and if the role becomes more demanding, the leader has to keep growing. Leadership is never a right. It's a privilege and a responsibility. But it's one that is open to anyone who's willing to work hard enough to get it.
— John Maxwell
Successful people do daily what unsuccessful people do only occasionally. The bookends of success are beginning well and ending well. What is between those bookends? Consistency. If you want to become the leader you have the potential to be, you need to pay the price of self-discipline.
— John Maxwell
It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day.
— John Maxwell
Climbing to the higher levels of leadership isn't easy. It takes effort. It also requires sacrifices. You won't be able to win one level using the skills you used to win the last one. You'll have to give up some privileges and resources to move up. You'll have to give up doing some of the things you love that don't give a great enough return on your time. And some people you'd love to take with you to the top will refuse to go.
— John Maxwell
If everyone doesn't pay the price to win, then everyone will pay the price by losing.
— John Maxwell
Most people tend to underestimate the time it takes to achieve something of value, but to be successful, you have to be willing to pay your dues. James Watt spent twenty years laboring to perfect his steam engine. William Harvey labored night and day for eight years to prove how blood circulated in the human body. And it took another twenty-five years for the medical profession to acknowledge he was right.
— John Maxwell
Motivation helps people who know what commitment they should make,,, to make it! Motivation helps people who know what habit they should break... to break it! Motivation helps people who know what path they should take... to take it!
— John Maxwell
The world tries to talk us out of working hard.
— John Maxwell
If others work for you, give your own time only to those who are willing to learn and grow.
— John Maxwell
Moving uphill requires intentionality, energy, determination, hard work, and consistency.
— John Maxwell
The Unrealistic Expectation Trap For some reason, many people think everything in life should be easy, and when they find out that achievement takes effort, they give up. But success takes hard work.
— John Maxwell