Inspirational Quotes by John C. Maxwell
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.”
“Question for God every morning: What is the main event today? What do you want me to focus on today?”
“To Stay Focused in Life: You can't know everyone You can't do everything You can't go everywhere We have to pick and choose between good and a little bit better.”
“The whole idea of motivation is a trap. Forget motivation. Just do it. Exercise, lose weight, test your blood sugar, or whatever. Do it without motivation. And then, guess what? After you start doing the thing, that's when the motivation comes and makes it easy for you to keep on doing it.”
“When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.”
“If God is for us, who can be against us?”
“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever. [Psalms 23]”
“The only guarantee for failure is to stop trying”
“For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge the more grief.”
“If you start today to do the right thing, you are already a success even if it doesn’t show yet.”
“The Lord is close to the broken hearted. He rescues the crushed in spirit. [Psalm 34:18]”
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“Do not take the agenda that someone else has mapped out for your life.”
“If you don’t change the direction you are going, then you’re likely to end up where you’re heading…”
“I am the way the way the truth and the life, no one comes to the father but through me”
“I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. ( )”
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“You have to live with the people to know their needs, and you have to live with God to know how to solve them.”
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John C. Maxwell (born 1947) is an evangelical Christian author, speaker, and pastor who has written more than 50 books, primarily focusing on leadership.
His organizations have trained 2 million leaders worldwide. Every year he speaks to Fortune 500 companies, international government leaders, and audiences as diverse as the United States Military Academy at West Point, the National Football League, and ambassadors at the United Nations.
John C. Maxwell was born in Garden City, Michigan. His father, Melvin, was a minister in a local Wesleyan church. Maxwell followed his father into the ministry, completing a Bachelor's degree at Ohio Christian University in 1969, a Master of Divinity degree at Azusa Pacific University, and a Doctor of Ministry degree at Fuller Theological Seminary. Maxwell has received five honorary doctorates of divinity (including ones from the California Graduate School of Theology and Liberty University).