John C. Maxwell Quotes

It is well to think well; it is divine to act well.

Men are more accountable for their motives, than for anything else; and primarily, morality consists in the motives, that is in the affections.

All effective actions require the passport of morality.

Do you wish the world were better? Let me tell you what to do: Set a watch upon your actions, Keep them always straight and true.

Do what's right, first. Don't sit around and wait for someone else to do the right thing first.

It was time to pull my moral socks up and behave myself.

Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.

Throughout my life, I have always tried to do what is right.

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

Good actions ennoble us, we are the sons of our own deeds.

To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power.

Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.

May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.

To act well isn't an easy thing.

Man is most happy, when his own actions are arguments and examples of his virtue.

Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one.

Freedom is not the liberty do anything whatsoever. It is the freedom to do good

What, pray, does it profit a man to teach others, and to be prating always about virtue, in high-sounding words, if he fails to give heed to his own instructions?

My power for good, whatever it may, would be gone if I didn’t try to live up to the doctrines I have tried to preach.

I hold myself to a high standard.

I hold myself to the highest of standards.

It's so much easier to do good than to be good.

If one acts rightly and honestly, it is difficult to decide whether it is the effect of integrity or skill.

Whatever task you undertake, do it with all your heart and soul. Always be courteous, never be discouraged. Beware of him who promises something for nothing. Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures. Do not look for approval except the consciousness of doing your best.

Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking.