Quotes about Impact
The great men and women of history were not great because of what they earned and owned, but rather for what they gave their lives to accomplish.
- John Maxwell
An unintentional life accepts everything and does nothing. An intentional life embraces only the things that will add to the mission of significance.
- John Maxwell
Position is a poor substitute for influence.
- John Maxwell
The higher you want to climb, the more you need leadership. The greater the impact you want to make, the greater your influence needs to be.
- John Maxwell
Earlier in my life, I have to admit, I was often guilty of this error. I wanted to take an idea from seed thought to solution before sharing it with anyone, even the people it would most impact. I did this both at work and at home. But over the years, I have learned that you can go much farther with a team than you can go alone.
- John Maxwell
Every message that people receive is filtered through the messenger who delivers it.
- John Maxwell
Action is what converts human dreams into significance.
- John Maxwell
If you want to do a few small things right, do them yourself. If you want to do great things and make a big impact, learn to delegate.
- John Maxwell
For the person trying to do everything alone, the game really is over. If you want to do something big, you must link up with others. One is too small a number to achieve greatness. That's the Law of Significance.
- John Maxwell
Poet Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.
- 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
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