John C. Maxwell Quotes

Thinking has to be learned in the way dancing has to be learned.

The thinking that guides your intelligence is much more important than how much intelligence you may have.

Writing's a great skill, but thinking's a better one.

My parents encouraged thought. You'll get through life better if you learn how to think.

Math is like going to the gym for your brain. It sharpens your mind.

Chess is intellectual gymnastics.

The greatest competitive advantage in the modern economy is a positive and engaged brain.

I think more with my head - things are 90 per cent in your head, and everything else comes after that.

Mathematicians have a certain type of mind, and climbers have a certain type of mind, because climbing poses these incredibly interesting problems for them.

Thinking is one of the most important weapons in dealing with problems

He wasn't smart enough to see it, said Jason Bourne. He couldn't think geometrically.

Ability to think, like the violin or piano, requires daily practice

Always it is thus with my new students, and especially with the human ones; the mind is the last muscle they train or use, and the one that they regard the least. Ask them about swordplay and they can list every blow from a duel a month old, but ask them to solve a problem or make a coherent statement and... well, I would be lucky to get more than a blank stare in return.

Every good mathematician should also be a good chess player and vice versa.

An active mind needs an outlet. If it stops by itself from within, well and good; otherwise one should not try to stop this by force.

With thought, all problems can be resolved.

help conquer the IQ shortage worry less and think more

The game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind are to be acquired and strengthened by it, so as to become habits ready on all occasions, for life is a kind of chess.

To supply a thought is mental massage; but to evolve a thought of your own is an achievement. Thinking is a brain exercise and no faculty grows save as it is exercised.

You have to have a temperament to grab ideas and do sensible things. Most people don’t grab the right ideas or don’t know what to do with them.

To develop thinking as a skill, it should be deliberate, focused, confident, and enjoyable.

So one could say that the only real problem is dysfunctional thinking, the rest are challenges, not problems.

I believe the ability to think is blessed. If you can think about a situation, you can deal with it. The big struggle is to keep your head clear enough to think.

A successful person isn't necessarily better than her less successful peers at solving problems; her pattern-recognition facilities have just learned what problems are worth solving.

Fluid intelligence is not a Big Five personality trait: It's a measurement of one's ability to rapidly learn and apply a rule set. As an entrepreneur, you're rapidly dealing with different issues, and your ability to switch from one issue to another is very important.