John C. Maxwell Quotes

Gaze Upward, Look Inward, Reach Outward, Press Forward.

I realized that my purpose really is to inspire people.

Life itself is inspiration.

Look deep inside the eyes of a woman, see the man you want to be.

We carry the flame for all to see, the fire and passion of what we can be.

Hopes, dreams, faith and a sense of mission enable us to open up our lives.

Rise up and become the person you were meant to be.

What is it you want? That's a question that we all get posed sometimes internally and sometimes externally.

I think it's really important to give yourself a very big question that you're working on that you can come home to.

You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and imagination you will ever need.

Sometimes you have to find the passion. It comes from the inside... Everyone has to find it for themselves.

So there was a fire inside me. And that fire inside you, it can be turned into a negative form or a positive form. And I gradually realised that I had this fire and that it had to be used in a positive way.

I record myself talking. I have a journal. And when I listen back, I remember why I wanted certain things. I listen to me at 16, saying 'I really wanna be on TV... I want a movie, a huge movie...' and I'm just like, 'Yo, I'm humbled. I'm living a life I imagined.'

It's getting harder to make decisions to just want to do something to work... I'm trying to find things that are extremely challenging or mean something to me deeply.

A heart without dreams is like a bird without feathers.

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.

When you catch a glimpse of your potential, that's when passion is born.

Everyone loses touch with their aspiration, and we need the heart to return to what we really care about. All of this is based on developing greater lovingkindness and compassion.

There have been many dreams which have been personal guides for me.

When I wrote Living in the Light, I wanted to share about how I live my own life and to encourage people to tap into their own inner wisdom.

In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.

I would say I'm an inspirational guidelines book. You can take my life story or scenarios or songs and relate to them and apply them to your everyday life.

I believe enlightenment or revelation comes in daily life. I look for joy, the peace of action. You need action. I'd have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money.

To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air.

Life is about, every single day, getting up to manifest your truth.