John C. Maxwell Quotes

My goal is to never lose. That may not be realistic, but I'm going to try.

I'll never worry about not being successful. I'll just take it one day at a time, one season at a time. And play as hard as I can.

Successful people...focus on the rewards of success: learning from their mistakes and thinking about how they can improve themselves and their situations.

Our best years are only ahead of us, so we got to continue to keep pushing.

Confidence is 10 percent hard work and 90 percent delusion, just thinking foolishly that you will be able to do what you want to do

I do not allow myself to be overcome by hopelessness, no matter how tough the situation. I believe that if you just do your little bit without thinking of the bigness of what you stand against, if you turn to the enlargement of your own capacities, just that itself creates new potential.

What determines your altitude in life is your attitude.

I train so hard to make sure failure doesn't happen. If I do everything I can, and run as fast as I possibly can and someone still beats me, I don't think of that as failure.

It's a kind of philosophy of my own life, to create the energy enough to keep on going.

The only limits to the possibilities in your life tomorrow are the buts you use today.

If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.

Expect people to be better than they are; it helps them to become better. But don't be disappointed when they are not; it helps them to keep trying.

I just believe that the feeling of wonder is amazing. I am pushing myself as far as I can humanly push myself... I can only hope for the best and expect the worse.

A man is always better than he thinks.

The mere fact that so many continue to rise, year after year, out of just such conditions as you may think are fatal to your advancement, ought to convince you that you also can conquer your environment.

You either listen to the naysayers and fall into the pit of self-loathing, or you stay on the path and move forward.

I try to make the good days great and take something positive from the days I'm not feeling good - work on technique or something like that.

To be enthusiastic about doing much with human nature is a foolish business indeed

I never made it to the school choir because the music teacher didn't like my voice. I was pretty sad. But he was probably right; I did have a voice a bit like a goat, but my dad told me to never give up and to keep going, and it's paid off.

The more confident you are, the less doubt you will have, and the more likely your success will be.

You have to be confident to be successful... I am somewhat confident.

We can't control everything in our lives. Sometimes you're No. 2, 3, 4 or 5. That doesn't matter. What matters is that you strive to be No. 1.

I was a sheet metal worker, then a metal engineer, then a Pontin's bluecoat, then a comedian. You can achieve anything you want if you put your mind to it.

I am a very optimistic person. I don't know if it is because I've come up right from the bottom, but I am someone who always thinks you can make things better.