"While everyone exercises influence, the size and..." - Quote by John C Maxwell
While everyone exercises influence, the size and strength of our influence depends upon our effort. No one leads well without paying the price of discipline. As we push ourselves to grow and to learn, we enlarge our sphere of influence.
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“Negative thinking blows everything out of proportion.”
“When somebody tells you he or she is leading something, a fair question is, "What is your vision?"”
“Intentional living is the bridge to significance. At the end of every year, I take time out to reflect and evaluate the events of the previous year - what went well and what needed improvement. From that inventory, I lay out my next year - how I intend to live, make the best use of time and maximize adding value to others. Success asks, 'How can I add value to myself?' Significance asks, 'How can I add value to others?' It is your intention that lends itself to significance.”
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“You don't get somebody to like you by doing them a favor. That only tends to build resentment over the fact that they are needy and you are not. No, you ask them to do you a favor.”
“Perhaps it is the lowest of the qualities of an orator, but it is, on so many occasions, of chief importance,--a certain robust and radiant physical health; or--shall I say?--great volumes of animal heat.”
“The great trouble is that the preachers get the children from six to seven years of age and then it is almost impossible to do anything with them.”
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“That inspiration comes, does not depend on me. The only thing I can do is make sure it catches me working.”
“I am always making that what I am not capable, in an attempt to learn how to doing it.”
“Shall a man go and hang himself because he belongs to the race of pygmies, and not be the biggest pygmie that he can? Let everyone mind his own business, and endeavor to be what he was made”