Quotes about Character
Failure isn't so bad if it doesn't attack the heart. Success is all right if it doesn't go to the head.
- John Maxwell
Being in power is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
- John Maxwell
If you pair excellence with humility, people not only won't run over you, they will respect you.
- John Maxwell
When values, thoughts, feelings, and actions are in alignment, a person becomes focused and his character is strengthened. That allows a leader to lead himself successfully.
- John Maxwell
Most people want to avoid pain, and discipline is often painful. But we need to recognize that there are really two kinds of pain when it comes to our daily conduct. There's the pain of self-discipline and the pain of regret. Most people avoid the pain of self-discipline because it's the easy thing to do. What they may not realize is that the pain of self-discipline is momentary but the pay-off is long lasting.
- John Maxwell
Your values are the soul of your leadership, and they drive your behavior.
- John Maxwell
No one can understand that mysterious thing we call influence . . . yet . . . everyone of us continually exerts influence, either to heal, to bless, to leave marks of beauty; or to wound, to hurt, to poison, to stain other lives.
- John Maxwell
True leadership cannot be awarded, appointed, or assigned. It comes only from influence, and that cannot be mandated. It must be earned. The only thing a title can buy is a little time—either to increase your level of influence with others or to undermine it.
- John Maxwell
When it comes to identifying a real leader, that task can be much easier. Don't listen to the claims of the person professing to be the leader. Don't examine his credentials. Don't check his title. Check his influence. The proof of leadership is found in the followers.
- John Maxwell
The only thing that walks back from the tomb with the mourners and refuses to be buried is the character of a man. This is true. What a man is survives him. It can never be buried. -J. R. MILLER
- John Maxwell
God, when I am wrong, make me willing to change. When I am right, make me easy to live with. So strengthen me that the power of my example will far exceed the authority of my rank.
- John Maxwell
La humildad no es negar sus fortalezas. La humildad es ser sincero acerca de sus debilidades". —Rick Warren
- John Maxwell