John C. Maxwell Quotes

Youth ends when egotism does; maturity begins when one lives for others.

One of the deepest principles of life and leadership: it's not about you.

We ought to be people of compassion. And being people of compassion means we deny ourselves, and our self centeredness.

I cared more about your happiness than your knowing the truth, more for your peace of mind than my plan, more for your life than the lives that might be lost if the plan failed. In other words I acted exactly as Voldemort expects we fools who love to act.

The hardest work you and I will ever do is to put off our selfishness. It is heavy lifting!

When a friend is sick, I see the situation for what it is, not what it isn't, and I offer to help as much as she wants, not as much as I want.

Leaders on every level should be primarily interested in rendering compassionate caring for others.

Altruism itself depends on a recognition of the reality of other persons, and on the equivalent capacity to regard oneself as merely one individual among many.

I'm trying to teach people not to be selfish. That's the thing. If you have a good thing share it. Of course we're not in a sexual relationship.

The true price of leadership is the willingness to place the needs of others above your own. Great leaders truly care about those they are privileged to lead and understand that the true cost of the leadership privilege comes at the expense of self-interest.

you have to be very careful when you give to others that you don't tell them how great you are rather than how much you value them.

It's wrong to deprive someone else of a pleasure so that you can enjoy one yourself, but to deprive yourself of a pleasure so that you can add to someone else's enjoyment is an act of humanity by which you always gain more than you lose.

It's really hard to be a servant leader because we come into this world as a baby in a self-survival mode. Life is a journey toward service.

Doing the right thing for someone else occasionally means doing something that feels wrong to you.

Make it about them, not about you.

There's not a day I live that doesn't start with me getting up and first saying, "What can I do for somebody else?" Whether that means sending something to one of my children or picking up the phone and calling a stranger who is in the hospital, I start every day by wanting more for others than I do for myself.

The solution to all the problems of daily life is to cherish others.

If you shift your focus from oneself to others, and think more about others' well-being and welfare, it has an immediate liberating effect.

To love someone means that you sometimes are fulfilled the most by putting thier deepest desires above your own.

Selfish is easy. It's sharing that takes courage.

True humility means giving joy to others.

Learning to cherish others is the best solution to our daily problems, and it is the source of all our future happiness and good fortune.

It's not about you. It's about them.

You will never find a truly happy self-centered person. They simply don't exist.

Being of service is not enough. You must become a servant of the people. When you do, you can demand their commitment in return