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John C. Maxwell Quotes

«A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.»
«A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.»
«Learn to say 'no' to the good so you can say 'yes' to the best.»
«Policies are many, Principles are few, Policies will change, Principles never do.»
«Leadership is influence.»
«People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.»
«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.»
«Good executives never put off until tomorrow what they can get someone else to do today.»
«Educators take something simple and make it complicated. Communicators take something complicated and make it simple.»
«Three reasons problems are inevitable; first, we live in a world of growing complexity and diversity; second, we interact with people; and third, we cannot control all the situation we face.»