Quotes about Transformation
People change when they ... Hurt enough that they have to, Learn enough that they want to, and Receive enough that they are able to.
— John Maxwell
You cannot change your life until you change something you do every day.
— John Maxwell
If I wanted to make a difference… Wishing for things to change wouldn't make them change. Hoping for improvements wouldn't bring them. Dreaming wouldn't provide all the answers I needed. Vision wouldn't be enough to bring transformation to me or others. Only by managing my thinking and shifting my thoughts from desire to deeds would I be able to bring about positive change. I needed to go from wanting to doing.
— John Maxwell
When you live each day with intentionality, there's almost no limit to what you can do. You can transform yourself, your family, your community, and your nation. When enough people do that, they can change the world. When you intentionally use your everyday life to bring about positive change in the lives of others, you begin to live a life that matters.
— John Maxwell
If you make it your discipline to do a little bit of growing every day, in just a few years you will be amazed by your transformation.
— John Maxwell
If you always do what you've always done, then you will always get what you've always gotten.
— John Maxwell
St. Francis of Assisi said, "Start doing what is necessary; then do what is possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
— John Maxwell
Management expert Tom Peters gives a perspective on this. He suggests, "Don't rock the boat. Sink it and start over." If you desire to be creative and do something really innovative, that's sometimes what it takes. You must destroy the old to create something new. You cannot allow yourself to be paralyzed by the idea of change.
— 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
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
— John Maxwell
Education makes all the difference.
— John Maxwell