Quotes about Wisdom
Poet Lord Byron was right when he stated, "Adversity is the first path to truth.
— John Maxwell
Education makes all the difference.
— John Maxwell
Failure is inevitable; learning is optional
— John Maxwell
Being willing to give up some of the things you love in order to focus on what has the greatest impact isn't an easy lesson to learn. But the earlier you embrace it, the sooner you can dedicate yourself to excellence in what matters most.
— John Maxwell
But people of influence understand the incredible value of becoming a good listener. For example, when Lyndon B. Johnson was a junior senator from Texas, he kept a sign on his office wall that read, "You ain't learnin' nothin' when you're doin' all the talkin'." And Woodrow Wilson, the twenty-eighth American president, once said, "The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.
— John Maxwell
Ignorance means we didn't have the necessary information; stupidity means we had the necessary information but misused it.
— John Maxwell
Experience alone isn't a good enough teacher — evaluated experience is.
— John Maxwell
The writer of Proverbs observed that sharp people sharpen one another, just as iron sharpens iron. If you want to be a sharp thinker, be around sharp people.
— John Maxwell
Willa A. Foster commented, "Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives.
— John Maxwell
Understanding changes minds. Action changes lives.
— John Maxwell
to put it as philosopher-poet Ralph Waldo Emerson did, "To be simple is to be great.
— John Maxwell
Learn as if you were to live forever; live as if you were to die tomorrow.
— John Maxwell