Quotes about Perception
Followers tell you what you want to hear. Leaders tell you what you need to hear.
— John Maxwell
The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance. It is the illusion of knowledge.
— John Maxwell
Errors become mistakes when we perceive them and respond to them incorrectly. Mistakes become failures when we continually respond to them incorrectly.
— John Maxwell
People don't remember what we think is important; they remember what they think is important.
— John Maxwell
Author George Matthew Adams stated, "What you think means more than anything else in your life. More than what you earn, more than where you live, more than your social position, and more than what anyone else may think about you." Every problem introduces you to yourself. It shows you how you think and what you're made of.
— John Maxwell
Discernment can be described as the ability to find the root of the matter, and it relies on intuition as well as rational thought.
— John Maxwell
a smart person believes only half of what he hears, but a really smart person knows which half to believe.
— John Maxwell
A deaf ear is the first indication of a closed mind.
— John Maxwell
Disappointment comes when reality falls short of our expectations. But nothing falls short of God's expectations because He knows everything.
— John Maxwell
People can be in the same place sharing the same experience at the same time, but they can walk away from it having seen very different things.
— 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
Anytime you are in front of other people to communicate— whether it's on a stage, in a boardroom, on a ball field, or across a coffee table—the visual impression you make will either help or hinder you.
— John Maxwell