john-c-maxwell Quotes About giving

“A person's level of income and their desire to give have nothing to do with one another.”

Giving Persons Motivational Desire Levels Income

“I think many people believe the best way they can help others is to criticize them, to give them the benefit of their 'wisdom.' I disagree. The best way to help people is to see the best in them.”

People Thinking Way Giving Believe Helping Motivational Benefits Helping Others Best Way Criticize Disagree

Author:John C. Maxwell

“The best gift you can ever give your mentor is to grow. They feed off your growth. I believe that everyone has the seed of success inside, but too many people can't find it in themselves and as a result do not reach their potential. But there are those whose purpose in life is to fertilize the seed of potential in another, who are rewarded by seeing that person grow and blossom before their eyes. Raising up others to a higher level is a mentor's joy and sustenance.”

People Giving Believe Persons Eye Life Is Joy Purpose I Believe Grows Growth Levels Results Seeing Higher Seeds Purpose Of Life Mentor Higher Level Sustenance Best Gift

Author:John C. Maxwell

“The trials and pressures of life--and how we face them--often define us. Confronted by adversity, many people give up while others rise up. How do those who succeed do it? They persevere. They find the benefit to them personally that comes from any trial. And they recognize that the best thing about adversity is coming out on the other side of it. There is a sweetness to overcoming your troubles and finding something good in the process, however small it may be. Giving up when adversity threatens can make a person bitter. Persevering through adversity makes one better.”

People Giving May Persons Faces Process Sides Trouble Succeed Giving Up Benefits Findings Overcoming Pressure Adversity Trials Bitter Best Things Coming Out Sweetness Persevere

Author:John C. Maxwell

“When your dream is bigger than you are, you only have two choices: give up or get help.”

Giving Two Helping Dream Choices Giving Up Bigger Your Dreams Two Choices

Author:John C. Maxwell

“It's better to give ideas away and contribute to another person's success than to have them lying dormant.”

Giving Persons Ideas Lying Dormant

Book:The Maxwell Daily Reader: 365 Days of Insight to Develop the Leader Within You and Influence Those Around You

Source: The Maxwell Daily Reader: 365 Days of Insight to Develop the Leader Within You and Influence Those Around You

“God wants to be our partner throughout life. Too often we are tempted to either carry the entire load ourselves or give everything to God and do nothing. God doesn't like either strategy. Sometimes He moves before us and sometimes after us - but He doesn't move without us. Without God... we cannot. Without us... God will not.”

Want Giving Sometimes Moving Strategy Partners Gods Will Load Tempted Without God

Author:John C. Maxwell

“Give God the first part of every day. Give God the first day of every week. Give God the first portion of your income. Give God the first consideration in every decision. Give God the first place in your life.”

Giving Firsts Decision Week Income Consideration Portions Places In Your Life

Book:Leadership Principles for Graduates: Create Success in Life One Day at a Time

Source: Leadership Principles for Graduates: Create Success in Life One Day at a Time

“The key to encouragement is in knowing what gives people courage; what spurs them on to action.”

People Giving Action Knowing Keys Encouragement Spurs

Author:John C. Maxwell

“Delegate - work smarter not harder; do what you do best and drop the rest; get control of your calendar; do what you love because it will give you energy; work with people you like so your energy isn't depleted.”

People Giving Energy Love Is Harder Smarter What You Love Calendars Delegates

Author:John C. Maxwell

“Become a coach, not a king. A coach brings out the best in others, helping them to reach deep down inside and discover their potential. A king only gives commands.”

Giving Helping Kings Coaches Command Deep Down

Book:Developing the Leader Within You

Source: Developing the Leader Within You

“If you want to keep giving you have to keep growing.”

Ifs Want Giving Growing

Author:John C. Maxwell

“In my leadership conferences, pastors ask, "Do you have a vision for my church?" Many times they want me to give them a picture of where they should go and what their church should look like. When these pastors do this, I always feel bad.”

Want Giving Feels Should Looks Asks Church Vision Want Me Pastor Conferences

Author:John C. Maxwell

“The rallying call to people is to give them hope. When you have hope, that's huge.”

People Giving Huge Having Hope Rallying

Author:John C. Maxwell

“If a leader cannot give you a clear picture of what he or she sees in the future, that person is not the leader of that organization.”

Ifs Giving Persons Leader Clear Organization

Author:John C. Maxwell

“People are not going to give you a vision, but God can.”

People Giving Vision

Author:John C. Maxwell

“All visions begin with relationships. My relationship with God is where I receive the vision; my relationship with my people is where I give the vision. If those relationships aren't what they could be or should be, on either side, the receiving or the giving out, the vision is going to be aborted.”

People Ifs Giving Should Sides Vision Receiving Relationship With God

Author:John C. Maxwell

“If the church is going to make a difference, it will need to go through the "big give-up" stage. Churches will need to quit being selfish and become relevant.”

Ifs Needs Giving Bigs Differences Church Stage Giving Up Selfish Quitting Making A Difference Relevant Being Selfish

Author:John C. Maxwell

“There are pockets of the church that will "give up," and reap a bountiful harvest. They are going to have huge success, like the church has never experienced since the Book of Acts.”

Giving Book Church Huge Giving Up Pockets Harvest Reap

Author:John C. Maxwell

“The church that will not give up will be outdated and passed by, quicker than they realize.”

Giving Realizing Church Giving Up Not Giving Up Outdated

Author:John C. Maxwell

“Remember, at the time God gives us a vision, we never have the resources available to accomplish it. We don't have the people, the money, the knowledge, or the opportunity.”

People Giving Remember Opportunity Vision Resources Available Accomplish

Author:John C. Maxwell

“God gives us the vision, then He expects us to walk in obedience. As we do, the resources we need come to us.”

Needs Giving Walks Vision Resources Obedience

Author:John C. Maxwell

“Why would God send people to our church if we don't have a great dream? Why would God give a multigifted, multitalented, and multifinancially wealthy person to a church if the biggest thing you are going to do is paint the restrooms next year? That's bad stewardship.”

People Ifs Giving Years Persons Dream Next Church Paint Wealthy Stewardship Next Year Restroom

Author:John C. Maxwell

“God gives us resources according to our dreams and according to our obedience. And God doesn't give those resources until we've started walking in obedience.”

Giving Dream Walking Resources Obedience Our Dreams

Author:John C. Maxwell

“I kept saying to myself, this is a calling that God has given me. And so with intention I said, "Okay I'm going to write books not only for the Christian community, but also for the secular community." I found it really rewarding because the last one to use my gifts and advantages to people who look at church as not on their radar screen at all, it gives me favor with - I do a lot with Fortune 500 companies now.”

“I've worked very hard at giving excellent training and good materials, resources, books, and then the corporate community gives me respect. And I'm finding now that they really want a relationship with me, they're letting me in their lives, and of course, when you get in their lives you find a tremendous need for God.”

Want Needs Giving Book Hard Courses Community Materials Findings Training Resources Give Me Corporate Excellent

Author:John C. Maxwell

“My potential is what God gives me - that's His gift to me - what I give back to Him is what I do with that potential.”

Giving Give Me Giving Back

Author:John C. Maxwell

“When I was 17, I made the decision to have a good attitude. I was a junior in high school; the coach said I was going to be the captain of my basketball team. I thought – that surprised me because I wasn’t the best player. John Thomas was better than me, and I was probably second or third best player. And I kept thinking, “Why am I going to be the captain?” I think everybody else was thinking that too. And the coach then answered, “The reason John is going to be the captain is he has the best attitude on the team. He encourages others, he believes we can win, he never gives up.””

“I think passion gives you the energy to do what is right, and discipline makes sure you do what is right. So I look at them as kind of cousins maybe.”

Thinking Giving Looks Kind Passion Energy Discipline Cousin

Author:John C. Maxwell

“Seven Steps to Success 1) Make a commitment to grow daily. 2) Value the process more than events. 3) Don't wait for inspiration. 4) Be willing to sacrifice pleasure for opportunity. 5) Dream big. 6) Plan your priorities. 7) Give up to go up.”

Inspirational Giving Dream Bigs Inspiration Values Opportunity Grows Waiting Process Pleasure Steps Plans Sacrifice Events Willing Giving Up Commitment Seven Priorities Steps To Success

Author:John C. Maxwell

“Poem by Howard A. Walter (Character) I would be true, for there are those who trust me; I would be pure, for there are those who care; I would be strong, for there are those who suffer; I would be brave, for there is much to dare. I would be friend of all--- the foe, the friendless; I would be giving, and forget the gift; I would be humble, for I know my weakness; I would look up, and laugh, and love, and lift.”

Source: Developing the Leader Within You

“Goals may give focus, but dreams give power.”

Giving May Dream Goal Focus

Book:Thinking for a Change: 11 Ways Highly Successful People Approach Life and Work

Source: Thinking for a Change: 11 Ways Highly Successful People Approach Life and Work

“You cannot enjoy others until you enjoy yourself because you cannot give to others what you do not have.”

Giving Enjoy Enjoy Yourself

Author:John C. Maxwell

“If you believe in others and give them a positive reputation to uphold, you can help them to become better than they think they are.”

Ifs Thinking Giving Believe Helping Appreciation Reputation If You Believe

Book:The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player: Becoming the Kind of Person Every Team Wants

Source: The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player: Becoming the Kind of Person Every Team Wants

“Teamwork gives you the best opportunity to turn vision into reality.”

Giving Reality Turns Opportunity Vision Team Building Teamwork Team Building Best Opportunity

Book:Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

Source: Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

“Practice the 101 Percent Principle. Whenever possible, find the 1 percent you do agree on in a difficult situation, and give it 100 percent of your effort.”

Giving Difficult Effort Situation Principles Practice Team Building Percent Agree Team Building Difficult Situations

Author:John C. Maxwell

“Everyone gets discourages...The question is: Are you going to give up or get up? It's a choice.”

Giving Motivation Choices Giving Up Get Up Discouraging

Author:John C. Maxwell

“Everything is a tradeoff. Everywhere you leave, you leave some good things. The more successful you are, the harder it is to make tradeoffs. That's why some people become successful and then become flat. Be willing to give up income for potential, for opportunity.”

People Giving Opportunity Successful Willing Giving Up Harder Good Things Income Flats Monday Becoming Successful

Author:John C. Maxwell

“People do not give from the top of their purses but from the bottom of their hearts. If you desire to become a more generous person do not change your income. Change your heart.”

People Ifs Giving Heart Persons Desire Bottom Income Generosity Generous Purses Generous Person

Author:John C. Maxwell

“Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. It may mean giving up familiar but limiting patterns, safe but unrewarding work, values no longer believed in, and relationships that have lost their meaning.”

Giving May Mean Values Lost Growth Leadership Security Safe Demand Giving Up Patterns Surrender Familiar Temporary

Book:Your Road Map For Success: You Can Get There from Here

Source: Your Road Map For Success: You Can Get There from Here

“People who add value to others do so intentionally. I say that because to add value, leaders must give of themselves, and that rarely occurs by accident.”

People Giving Values Leadership Leader Add Accidents

Author:John C. Maxwell

“Leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less. How do you gain influence from people? You invest in them. How do you invest in them? It starts with giving them time.”

People Giving Motivational Leadership Influence Gains

Book:The Leadership Handbook: 26 Critical Lessons Every Leader Needs

Source: The Leadership Handbook: 26 Critical Lessons Every Leader Needs

“A person who has a dream knows what he is willing to give up in order to go up.”

Knows Giving Persons Dream Order Willing Giving Up

Book:Your Road Map For Success: You Can Get There from Here

Source: Your Road Map For Success: You Can Get There from Here

“Giving is the highest level of living.”

Giving Levels Highest

Book:Your Roadmap for Success

Source: Your Roadmap for Success

“Take the emotional temperature of those listening to you. Facial expressions, voice inflection and posture give clues to a person's mood and attitude.”

Giving Persons Voice Leadership Attitude Emotional Expression Listening Mood Clue Temperature Posture Facial Facial Expression

Author:John C. Maxwell

“Teams make you better than you are, multiply your value, enable you to do what you do best, allow you to help others do their best, give you more time, provide you with companionship, help you fulfill the desires of your heart and compound your vision and effort.”

“Values hold the team together, provide stability for the team to grow upon, measure the team's performance, give direction and guidance and attract like-minded people.”

People Giving Together Values Grows Leadership Growing Up Team Performances Guidance Teamwork Stability

Author:John C. Maxwell

“To gain credibility, you must consistently demonstrate three things: Initiative: You have to get up to go up. Sacrifice: You have to give up to go up. Maturity: You have to grow up to go up. If you show the way, people will want to follow you. The higher you go, the greater the number of people who will be willing to travel with you.”

Source: The Leadership Handbook: 26 Critical Lessons Every Leader Needs

“Good leaders understand that they are stewards. They must find the best people they can, giving them the opportunity to join in the journey developing them, and encouraging them to reach their potential. But they must hold on to people lightly. Those who start with you seldom finish with you.”

People Giving Motivational Opportunity Leadership Leader Journey Developing Good Leader Stewards

Author:John C. Maxwell

“Our attitude can give us an uncommonly positive perspective.”

Giving Attitude Perspective Stay Positive Positive Perspective

Book:The Complete 101 Collection

Source: The Complete 101 Collection

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