John C. Maxwell Quotes

Practice self-awareness, self-evaluation, and self-improvement. If we are aware that our manners - language, behavior, and actions - are measured against our values and principles, we are able to more easily embody the philosophy, leadership is a matter of how to be, not how to do.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

True freedom is where an individual's thoughts and actions are in alignment with that which is true, correct, and of honor - no matter the personal price.

Character is higher than intellect. Thinking is the function; living is the functionary.

Your success stops where your character stops. You can never rise above the limitations of your character.

Thoughts lead to acts, acts lead to habits, habits lead to character - and our character will determine our eternal destiny.

See to it that each hour's feelings, and thoughts, and actions are pure and true; then will your life be such.

I want to be able, as days go by, always to look myself straight in the eye.

The walls of that grand edifice called a good character have to be worked at during life.

I'm not saying I'm the perfect role model. But I'm honest. Period.

I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.

If you want to be the best salesperson, first you must be the best person.

In this business, it's easy for either your heart or your head to be swayed, and I try to always stay true to who I am.

One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in one's life.

Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character.

The measure of your quality as a public person, as a citizen, is the gap between what you do and what you say.

By sincerity, a man gains physical, mental and linguistic straightforwardness, and harmonious tendency; that is, congruence of speech and action.

People can say or think whatever they want... so in my reality, it's kind of irrelevant. I'm always the kind of person that does the right thing and keeps my side of the street clean.

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.

I am always prepared to do the right thing regardless of what other people think.

A man's character is his guardian divinity.

Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking.

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.

Whenever you do a thing, tho' it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you and act accordingly.