John C. Maxwell Quotes

Fear and worry are emotions that cloud the mind from being able to think clearly, to remember what the procedures are to deal with that emergency.

The greatest enemy of good thinking is busyness.

I'm a pessimist by nature, so it's always the worst things that come to mind first whenever you make a decision or have a decision to make.

The quality of our thinking will determine the quality of our future

I don't eat junk foods and I don't think junk thoughts! Let me tell you, junk thoughts can destroy you even more quickly than junk food. Junk thoughts are something to be wary of.

I can't help it. I always focus in on the negative.

It is the way of weakened minds to see everything through a black cloud. The soul forms its own horizons; your soul is darkened, and consequently the sky of the future appears stormy and unpromising

Perhaps it is even more important to know what one should not think about than what one should think about.

So I feel that lack of qualification. And I'm scared. And I have a tendency to think things may not/probably won't work out. That's my basic mindset.

The best place to solve a problem is on paper.

I'm usually always thinking about the cons.

Cultivate the ability to make decisions and think alone. Do not be afraid of failure, but learn from it.

They say people can think for themselves? Do you honestly believe that the chap who can’t pass primary six knows the consequence of his choice when he answers a question viscerally, on language, culture and religion? But we knew the consequences. We would starve, we would have race riots. We would disintegrate.

You can find negative people everywhere you go. The last thing in the world you want to do is talk to them, because all they're gonna do is cement pessimism in you!

Unfortunately for the good sense of mankind, the fact of their fallibility is far from carrying the weight in their practical judgement, which is always allowed to it in theory; for while every one well knows himself to be fallible, few think it necessary to take any precautions against their own fallibility.

What makes a Malazan soldier so dangerous? They’re allowed to think.

Strategists who don’t take time to think are just planners.

Negative expectations are a quick route to dead-end thinking.

we need to make a few critical decisions in major areas of life and then manage those decisions day to day.

Strategic thinking rarely occurs spontaneously

Without knowing myself, I have no real basis for thinking.

Negative thinking blows everything out of proportion.

I've been very careful about what I say yes to and what I say no to. And I think seriously always about... this may be a good idea right now or it may be a lot of money right now, but will it be good for me five years from now? Will it be fun? Will it make me hate myself? I think about all of those things.

You can't think your way out of a box; you've got to act.

The open mind never acts: when we have done our utmost to arrive at a reasonable conclusion, we still must close our minds for the moment with a snap, and act dogmatically on our conclusions.