Quotes about Growth
If you want to succeed at Level 4, you need to become an investor in people. This means adding value but also expecting to see a return on your investment—not in personal gain but in impact.
— John Maxwell
Everything worthwhile is uphill.
— John Maxwell
move up to another level in your career and personal life, then
— John Maxwell
When achievers fail, they see it as a momentary event, not a lifelong epidemic. It's not personal. If you want to succeed, don't let any single incident color your view of yourself.
— John Maxwell
EMBRACE THE ADVERSITIES YOU MAY BE FACING IN YOUR LIFE, AND RETRAIN YOURSELF TO VIEW THEM AS BENEFICIAL.
— John Maxwell
If you don't already have a mentor, go out and find one. If you can't get someone to help you in person, begin the process by reading books. That's where I got started. The main thing is to get the process under way.
— John Maxwell
All of those shortcomings are the result of character, not capacity. Character growth determines the height of your personal growth. That's the Law of the Ladder.
— John Maxwell
your perception of and response to failure were changed, what would you attempt to achieve?
— John Maxwell
People are anxious to improve their circumstances but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.
— John Maxwell
Look at last week's schedule. How much of your time did you devote to regular, disciplined activities? Did you do anything to grow and improve yourself professionally? Did you engage in activities promoting good health? Did you dedicate part of your income to savings or investments? If you've been putting off those things, telling yourself that you'll do them later, you may need to work on your self-discipline.
— John Maxwell
You have to look at the person's gifts, temperament, passions, successes, joys, and opportunities. And once you find that seed, you need to fertilize it with encouragement and water it with opportunity. If you do, the person will blossom before your eyes.
— John Maxwell
Treat a man as he appears to be and you make him worse. But treat a man as if he already were what he potentially could be, and you make him what he should be.
— John Maxwell