John C. Maxwell Quotes

No one stands taller in the climb to success than when he bends over to help up someone else.

Success doesn't happen in a vacuum. You're only as good as the people you work with and the people you work for.

Among us, who is above must be in service of the others. This doesn't mean we have to wash each other's feet every day, but we must help one another.

I was never selfish, and I see a lot of things. If I see a person in a better position than me, I will give him my assist. This is also my way of thinking, and I expect that from my team-mate for me.

What's the point of being the best in the world if you scratch and claw your way to the top, and you push everybody down instead of lifting everybody else up with you?

I believe that the most meaningful way to succeed is to help other people succeed.

Find people who share your values, and you'll conquer the world together.

It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.

In the network model, rewards come by empowering others, not by climbing over them. If you work in a hierarchy, you may not want to climb to its top.

You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want.

My heart reaches out to you missionaries. You simply cannot do it alone and do it well. You must have the help of others. That power to help lies within each of us.

Help others reach world-class. And they'll joyfully help you get to your best.

Greatness is empowered in a system where you pass the ball, not pound it.

At the end of the day what matters most is that we can cut through the pettiness and drama when it really counts and support each other.

Everyone fights for everyone else. If someone has a bad day, then the others are there for him. And if a player makes a mistake, then the others can compensate for that. Those sorts of things are crucial at this level, and it's really important that we perform as a unit.

When you know people are really at peace with who they are and what they do, they collaborate and want to help you to improve.

We have a big appetite for putting people down but, at the heart of everyone, there's enough room for all of us to succeed.

He climbs highest who helps another up.

I played on teams with 24 guys pulling the rope one way and one guy pulling the other. I've seen how destructive it can be. I tell them, 'If 13 of you are insanely successful and one fails, we all lose.'

Our contribution purely depends on our consciousness and our willingness to support those in need, to show vulnerability and accept the support of others, to share without expecting the credit, to give it our all and allow our hard work to decide the outcome, to understand that control can only be achieved with a shared responsibility.

Humility is becoming a lost art, but it's not difficult to practice. It means that you realize that others have been involved in your success.

No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not work those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself.

It's nice to be important, but more important to be nice. You don't know who your top customers will be five years from now or where you will be in 10 years. You may have a fancy title, but you will always need help from the people around you.

You just have to know what your responsibility is to the movie, and live up to that, and be considerate of the other actors in the scene... I have never been competitive in that way - I always want my leading ladies to be as good as they possibly can be.

I think a good relationship is about collaboration.