John C. Maxwell Quotes

It is better - it shall be better with me because I have known you.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambition.

Perry, Jeremy, Man, Just knowing that you guys look up to me, And I can help you out so much, I could pull you to the side when we're working out. And just as much as you think I'm making you better, You elevate my game.

I have a lot of amazing women, you know, women in my life who have been an example for me of what not to do.

No company is preferable to bad. We are more apt to catch the vices of others than virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health.

The only reason to be with somebody is that they make you a better person and you make them a better person.

It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.

It was very important to me to be with a woman who is better than me at some things. You want someone who brings new, interesting things into your life.

The great thing about being in this business is that you meet people, and I met Sally Struthers.

People in business tend to have an instinctive reaction to people.

The best piece of advice I've received is find a mentor, but also mentor others. You have two hands, so reach up, look for as many mentors as you can to get where you want to go, but never forget that you have another hand, and you have to reach down and lift others up, too.

The NBA makes you become a bigger version of what you already were. If you were somebody who was not so nice and you came into a lot of money and fame, then you're probably going to abuse that in the wrong way. But if you come into those things and you were doing the right things, then chances are you're going to do more of the right things.

When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.

Stop sharing your dreams with people who try to hold you back, even if they're your parents.

When you go home tonight, make a list of the people who are impediments, who don't believe in you, and call them up and tell them, 'Get the hell out of my life.' You don't need them. Writing is tough enough without having people around you who contribute to a writer's insecurity.

Anyone we come in contact with, we either offer them life, or we drain them.

I had people in my life who were insane and negative, but they taught me how not to be, how I didn't want to end up.

The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve. Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your mediocrity. An important attribute in successful people is their impatience with negative thinking and negative acting people.

Act so as to encourage the best in others, and by so doing you will develop the best in yourself.

Be aware of "yes" men. Generally, they are losers. Surround yourself with winners. Never forget - people win.

I also surround myself with good people who keep me and bring the best out of me. I don't generally hang out with crazy people.

If people around you aren't going anywhere, if their dreams are no bigger than hanging out on the corner, or if they're dragging you down, get rid of them.

So in many ways for me, having lived through what I've lived through, and endured what I've endured, I've got more confidence that I can do the next bit - and there's something sustaining about that.

Solitude was corrupting me.

The relationship changes as you learn more about people, and the work sort of takes on its own life. I enjoy this very much.