John C. Maxwell Quotes

At Zappos, one of our core values is to Pursue Growth and Learning. In the lobby of our headquarters, we have a giving library where we give away books to employees and visitors that we think will help with their growth, both personally and professionally. I can't wait to add The Compound Effect to our library.

When we are at our wits' end for an answer, then the Holy Spirit can give us an answer. But how can He give us an answer when we are still well supplied with all sorts of answers of our own?

Sometimes we ask God for help and God gives us hope, not because it's different, but because it's the same.

If we acknowledge our need for God, he will help us.

I once asked God what I could give him. "Your problems," he said. "I've got everything else.

Our worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God's grace.

It's funny that we think of libraries as quiet demure places where we are shushed by dusty, bun-balancing, bespectacled women. The truth is libraries are raucous clubhouses for free speech, controversy and community. Librarians have stood up to the Patriot Act, sat down with noisy toddlers and reached out to illiterate adults. Libraries can never be shushed.

Business has a responsibility to give back to the community.

God fills the gaps of human need, Each crisis brings its word and deed.

The God gives simpler problems to lesser men.

I think that if something matters to you, and is important to you, then you give it the attention and energy it deserves. So, I don't look upon it as a price, but as an opportunity to influence the community in a healthy way.

An infinite God can give all of Himself to each of His children.

Those of us who are writers and have to perform to communities that aren't used to coming to book events, I would recommend taking some theater.

You must pray to God for forgiveness because I can give you none

Unless the Spirit of God is with us, we cannot expect that our prayers will be answered.

We don't ask God for too much; in fact, we ask for too little. Turn to Him for everything. Give everything to God.

We should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown.

Pastors need to find their place in the community of believers by spending time with God.

We ought to seek God's assistance in our affairs just as they happen.

If you are at a hard place in life, hesitant to ask for help, God invites you to ask Him so He can meet your need.

That is part of our critique of some of the charity and service work is that we can still keep relationships at a distance by creating programs that offer services but we don't really create a reconciled community.

God does not answer our desperate questionings; he simply gives us himself.

The angels minister to God's servants in time of hardship and danger.

After sketching his program for the scientific revolution that he foresaw, Bacon ends his account with a prayer: "Humbly we pray that this mind may be steadfast in us, and that through these our hands, and the hands of others to whom thou shalt give the same spirit, thou wilt vouchsafe to endow the human family with new mercies". That is still a good prayer for all of us as we begin the twenty-first century.