John C. Maxwell Quotes

We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own.

He who civilly shows the way to one who has missed it, is as one who has lighted another's lamp from his own lamp; it none the less gives light to himself when it burns for the other.

By becoming the answer to someone's prayer, we often find the answer to our own.

I believe that we all have something to share with someone else that can better someone else's life.

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.

When you hear about what someone else is going through, and you are unable to distance yourself from it or in any way muzzle your empathy and are inspired to actually do something, these are moments to learn from.

It is only in helping someone else to awake that I awake.

I was sitting around, moping and feeling badly for myself. I went to the hospital to visit a child, and it hit me: helping people is what I'm meant to do.

If a man is to shed the light of the sun upon other men, he must first of all have it within himself.

The purpose in life is not to win. The purpose in life is to grow and to share. "When you come to look back on all that you have done in life, you will get more satisfaction from the pleasure you have brought into other people's lives than you will from the times that you outdid and defeated them.

Self-improvement comes mainly from trying to help others.

People discover that by helping others, even when they themselves are suffering, they end up improving their own lives.

If you want your life to get better, sometimes the best thing you can do is to help improve somebody else's life.

Be more concerned with what you can do for others than what others can do for you. You’ll be surprised at the results.

Little did I realize that my desire to add value to others would be the thing that added value to me!

We should be shining lamps, giving light to all around us.

Down in their hearts, wise men know this truth: the only way to help yourself is to help others.

Loving and energizing others is the best possible thing we can do for ourselves.

Believe in your dreams and ideals and pursue them with determination and motivation. Always find the time to do something for other people. Indeed, there is nothing more rewarding than making someone else happy.

People write me every day. It feels like this cycle that keeps giving, because as far along as I get in my happiness and success, hearing other people's stories is a constant reminder of where I came from, where people are, and how much help everybody still needs.

It is one of the beautiful compensations in this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

I love serving people. I love helping people empower themselves.

There is no better exercise for your heart than reaching down and helping to lift someone up.

I believe that love gives you the freedom and power to share your best self and to inspire others.

Do good to others, be good to yourselves.