John C. Maxwell

"Your attitude towards failure determines your altitude after failure."

"As you get older, time speeds up but life slows down."

"Most people don't like change. They revolt against it unless they can clearly see the advantage it brings. For that reason, when good leaders prepare to take action or make changes, they take people through a process to get them ready for it."

"The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up."

"A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them."

"Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness."

"For more than a decade, I led an organization that put on an elaborate Christmas program each December. It was a big production, with over 250 people participating in more than 20 performances. By the end of the season, everyone who participated was exhausted."

"How do leaders serve their people? They may pay good wages and treat employees with respect."

"Inability to make decisions is one of the principal reasons executives fail. Deficiency in decision-making ranks much higher than lack of specific knowledge or technical know-how as an indicator of leadership failure."

"Look at our society. Everyone wants to be thin, but nobody wants to diet. Everyone wants to live long, but few will exercise. Everybody wants money, yet seldom will anyone budget or control their spending."

"Positional leaders ignore the fact that every person has hopes, dreams, desires, and goals of his own. And leaders must bring their vision and the aspirations of the people they lead together in a way that benefits everyone."

"Ranking among the greatest Christmas movie classics, 'It's a Wonderful Life' tells a beautiful story about the priceless value of relationships."

"Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up."

"Success comes to those who have an entire mountain of gold that they continually mine, not those who find one nugget and try to live on it for fifty years."

"Success is due to our stretching to the challenges of life. Failure comes when we shrink from them."

"The best leaders are readers of people. They have the intuitive ability to understand others by discerning how they feel and recognizing what they sense."

"The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure."

"The unsuccessful person is burdened by learning, and prefers to walk down familiar paths. Their distaste for learning stunts their growth and limits their influence."

"Time is more valuable than money, because time is irreplaceable."

"When a person starts to talk about their dreams, it's as if something bubbles up from within. Their eyes brighten, their face glows, and you can feel the excitement in their words."

"Without failure there is no achievement."