John C. Maxwell Quotes

A sense of our own folly is a great step towards being wise, when it leads us to rely on the wisdom of the Lord.

Often God will send us what we need in a package we don't want. Why? To let us know He's God and we cannot second-guess Him. We cannot search for answers merely with our heads; we must seek Him and His provision with our hearts. Scripture cannot be interpreted from our limited human mental understanding. There must be a breath of the Spirit of God. He alone gives wise counsel and correct application.

We need to have far less confidence in what man can do and far more confidence in what God can do for every believing soul. He longs to have you reach after Him by faith. He longs to have you expect great things from Him. He longs to give you understanding in temporal as well as in spiritual matters. He can sharpen the intellect. He can give tact and skill. Put your talents into the work, ask God for wisdom, and it will be given you.

"Do not lean on your own understanding." That means don't bring in the crutches and lean on them, those crutches that you have designed and made to handle such situations. Stay away from them. Don't lean on them; lean on God.

My desire is to let go of my ego and let in His direction.

For the Holy Ghost blesses us with optimism and wisdom at times of challenge that we simply cannot muster on our own.

But if you have a solid walk with the Lord, then you won't fear that failure.

You can only learn so much from books. You can only learn so much from education. Ultimately, it is the wisdom of God that will carry you through in the toughest situations of life.

The Divine wisdom has given us prayer, not as a means whereby to obtain the good things of earth, but as a means whereby we learn to do without them; not as a means whereby we escape evil, but as a means whereby we become strong to meet it.

I always prayed that God would give me the wisdom and the vision to do the things on this earth that I was supposed to do to express His life and love and His will.

I love to have confidence, but that confidence doesn't come from myself. It comes from God, and that's what I wanted America to see.

I've got the Lord on board.

I always say God doesn't need me, but I need Him in my life to survive in this world and over temptation. That's Who keeps me humble every time.

In such a state, humility is the virtue of men, and their only defense; to walk humbly with God, never doubting, whatever befall, that His will is good, and that His law is right.

Faith means living with uncertainty - feeling your way through life, letting your heart guide you like a lantern in the dark.

As business moves forward, you realize that God has his hand on the whole business and that he brought people to you who are like-minded. It starts with faith.

Start with God - the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.

But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be.

I'm always feeling like I'm lacking wisdom. This reassurance that one can ask God for that and it will happen is certainly reassuring to me.

I believe that we are given strength and help from a power much larger than ourselves. I believe if I humble myself that this power will come through me, and help me create work that is bigger than I would have ever been able to have done alone.

There is no national security but in the nation's humble, acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling providence.

When I pray, I ask for guidance in my life to be the best person I can be, to learn what I need to learn, and to grow from what I learn.

As always, I am receptive to whatever doors God may open.

God makes everything in perfect time, and he doesn't give you anything you can't handle.

Missionaries learn to manage situations and to rely on the Lord.