Quotes about Growth
Without the wise counsel and insightful answers I've received to questions over those decades, I wonder where I would be today.
— John Maxwell
As you move forward on the success journey, you need to remember that what happens in you is more important than what happens to you.
— John Maxwell
And as novelist Robert Louis Stevenson advised, "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.
— John Maxwell
There is no future in any job. The future lies in the person who holds the job.
— John Maxwell
When some people begin to work with others on their development, they often gravitate to weaknesses rather than strengths. Maybe that's because it's so easy to see others' problems and shortcomings. But if you start by putting your energies into correcting people's weaknesses, you will demoralize them and unintentionally sabotage the enlarging process.
— John Maxwell
The very moment that you make the shift to finding your purpose, growing to your potential, and helping others, successful is something you are right now, not something you vaguely hope one day to be.
— John Maxwell
A TABLE: FEW TO MANY—IT ENABLES GROWTH The birth of transformation starts in the heart of an individual, and the growth of the movement happens around a table. Mass movements don't begin with the masses. They begin with a few people. When people can sit around the table together as equal contributors, everyone wins.
— John Maxwell
Only when you make the right changes to your thinking do other things begin to turn out right.
— John Maxwell
You will never get to the point that you no longer make mistakes, that you no longer fail. But that's okay.
— John Maxwell
In 1997,I wrote a book called The Success Journey. It offers an overview on what it means to be successful. In it I define success in these terms: Knowing your purpose in life Growing to reach your potential Sowing seeds that benefit others
— John Maxwell
make the most of the difficult situation of working for a bad boss, learn to think like a leader yourself. Think people, think progress, and think intangibles.
— John Maxwell
People who blame others for their failures never overcome them. They simply move from problem to problem.
— John Maxwell