John C. Maxwell Quotes

What really matters is not whether we have problems, but how we go through them. We must keep going on to make it through whatever we are facing.

Learn to eat problems for breakfast

Remember when your plans fail, that temporary defeat is not permanent failure.

Why did the achievers overcome problems while thousands are overwhelmed by theirs? They refused to hold on to the common excuses for failure. They turned their stumbling blocks into stepping stones. They realized that they couldn't determine every circumstance in life but they could determine their choice of attitude towards every circumstance.

The future will present insurmountable problems- only when we consider them insurmountable.

The persistent winner is not discouraged by a problem - he is challenged by it.

When obstacles or difficulties arise, the positive thinker takes them as creative opportunities.

I learned, when hit by loss, to ask the right question: "What next?" instead of "Why me?" . . . Whenever I am willing to ask "What is necessary next?" I have moved ahead. Whenever I have taken no for a final answer I have stalled and gotten stuck.

I've spent the last decade learning to stand firm and face my problems… or at least batter them until they're unrecognizable.

Achievers rarely, if ever, see a problem as permanent,while those who fail see even the smallest problems as permanent

Being negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult. You may be given a cactus, but you don't have to sit on it.

Learning to expect problems saved me from a lot of wasted energy. Winners see problems as just another way to prove themselves.

What matters is not how well you can avoid trouble, but how you cope with trouble when it comes.

Life gives no one immunity against adversity, but life gives to everyone the power of positive thought which is sufficient to master all circumstances of adversity and convert them into benefits.

The only real failure is the failure to try, and the measure of success is how we cope with disappointment.

The only people without problems are those in cemeteries. It is not what happens to us that separates failures from successes. It is how we perceive and what we do about what happens that makes the difference.

Now, no matter what background you come from, there is nobody in this world who can say that their life is without troubles. Everybody faces problems at some point in their life. All that matters is how you deal with it.

You have to have the lows in your life so you can deal with them.

It's not the circumstances that determine who you're gonna be but how you deal with these problems and pains that come your way.

Life is going to present you with tons of problems, it's what you do about them that matters.

One of life's best coping mechanisms is to know the difference between an inconvenience and a problem.

In everybody’s life there’s a point of no return. And in a very few cases, a point where you can’t go forward anymore. And when we reach that point, all we can do is quietly accept the fact. That’s how we survive.

It's core to my beliefs now: Sometimes in being given a challenge, you're actually being given a real opportunity, and a lot of that is how you handle it. Do you feel sorry for yourself or do you think, All right! I'll see what I can make out of this? I've had that over and over. If I hang out in the disappointment, I'll just be disappointed all the time.

When obstacles have been put in front of me, I just get around them and move past them and laugh at them.

I don't believe in failure. I believe every setback is an opportunity to learn, regroup, get stronger, and try again. This is my motto: Rejection is God's protection. When people feel that they have failed, it's usually because somebody or something caused them to feel that way and taste defeat. I refuse to dwell on that. Yes, it sucks at first, and the feeling is valid, but it all happens for a reason. Let go.