Dennice Maxwell Quotes

We must be reduced again and again to the limit of all resolution and resources and be compelled to feel the need of Another's help and sufficiency. ~ L.E. Maxwell

The numbers may be said to rule the whole world of quantity, and the four rules of arithmetic may be regarded as the complete equipment of the mathematician. ~ James C. Maxwell

Letting off steam always produces more heat than light. ~ Neal A. Maxwell

Maybe," he whispers, his mouth against my forehead. "But it's been ages since I've felt as human as you make me feel. I've tried not to want you, but I cant bring myself to stay away. ~ Lisa Maxwell

Uniformity is not the key to successful teamwork. The glue that holds a team together is unity of purpose. ~ John C. Maxwell

Anyone can steer a ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course ~ John C. Maxwell

Though we can endure being abused, can we endure being underwhelmed, unused, and unsung? Can we endure almost uninterrupted unresponsiveness?
Whether the test is illness, pain, deprivation, or being passed over, being ignored, being underwhelmed, or working one's way through doubts, what are to be sustained are trust and faith in God and in His plan--including in His timing.
Thus with increasing understanding we see that, while enduring is more than simply waiting, it includes waiting. But even waiting can be used to facilitate our becoming more like Jesus. Therefore, we should be "anxiously engaged," even when it seems to us we are doing no more than waiting. Thus we can be about our Father's business even when it seems for the moment that we are overcome by ordinariness and routine. Our enduring is easier if we see it as a part of God's unfolding. ~ Neil A. Maxwell

I have the capacity of being more wicked than any example that man could set me. ~ James C. Maxwell

You must do right before you feel good. ~ John C. Maxwell

Have the humility to learn from those around you. ~ John C. Maxwell

You are not your mistakes. Just because you have done something stupid does not make you stupid. ~ Maxwell Maltz

A leader's ability to convey confidence and his ability to communicate effectively are similar. ~ John C. Maxwell

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them. ~ John C. Maxwell

Perhaps our greatest power in life is the power to choose. Without question, choices are the most determining factor in how our lives turn out. ~ John C. Maxwell

The writer of Proverbs observed that sharp people sharpen one another, just as iron sharpens iron. If you want to be a sharp thinker, be around sharp people. ~ John C. Maxwell

In one degree or another we all struggle with selfishness. Since it is so common, why worry about selfishness anyway? Because selfishness is really self-destruction in slow motion. ~ Neal A. Maxwell

Successful people don't wait for everything to be perfect to move forward. ~ John C. Maxwell

A persistent preoccupation with "freedom of speech" to the neglect of other freedoms can diminish the shelter available for religion and other precious freedoms. The intertwining of all our freedoms is greater than we realize ... It may be true ... that the people of Sodom and Gomorrah had absolute free speech, but did they have anything worth saying? ~ Neal A. Maxwell

Money you haven't earned is not good for you. ~ Robert Maxwell

They want to know what's in it for them. ~ John C. Maxwell

The trials and pressures of life
and how we face them
often define us. Confronted by adversity, many people give up while others rise up. How do those who succeed do it? They persevere. They find the benefit to them personally that comes from any trial. And they recognize that the best thing about adversity is coming out on the other side of it. There is a sweetness to overcoming your troubles and finding something good in the process, however small it may be. Giving up when adversity threatens can make a person bitter. Persevering through adversity makes one better. ~ John C. Maxwell

If you are too attached to your own thinking and how everything is done now, then nothing will change for the better. ~ John C. Maxwell

As you interact with others, remember this: anytime a person's response is larger than the issue at hand, the response is almost always about something else. ~ John C. Maxwell

Faith, courage, optimism, looking forward, bring us new life and more life. Futility, frustration, living in the past are not only characteristic of 'old age'; they contribute to it. ~ Maxwell Maltz

Everything is a tradeoff. Everywhere you leave, you leave some good things. The more successful you are, the harder it is to make tradeoffs. That's why some people become successful and then become flat. Be willing to give up income for potential, for opportunity. ~ John C. Maxwell

Functionally, a man is somewhat like a bicycle. A bicycle maintains its poise and equilibrium only so long as it's moving forward towards something. ~ Maxwell Maltz

I'm in love with her and I'm in love with Maxwell. I don't know if it's equal. How do you measure how much you love someone? If they were both hanging off a cliff and I could only choose one, I'd join them on the cliff and hope we could go together. I can't divide myself from them. ~ Amelia LeFay

The true test of relationships is not only how loyal someone is when we fail, but how thrilled they are when we succeed. ~ John C. Maxwell

So much depends, therefore, upon our maintaining gospel perspective in the midst of ordinariness, the pressures of temptation, tribulation, deprivation, and the cares of the world. ~ Neal A. Maxwell

The smartest person in the room is never as smart as all the people in the room. ~ John C. Maxwell

The clock's about to strike twelve, Cinderella. I should probably get you up to the safety of my hotel room. You know, just in case. ~ Gina L. Maxwell

In order for men to partake of the fruit of felicity,they must plant the seeds thereof. ~ Neal A. Maxwell

Mythic Background

Describing his approach to science, Einstein said something that sounds distinctly prescientific, and hearkens back to those ancient Greeks he admired:

What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the world.

Einstein's suggestion that God-or a world-making Artisan-might not have choices would have scandalized Newton or Maxwell. It fits very well, however, with the Pythagorean search for universal harmony, or with Plato's concept of a changeless Ideal.

If the Artisan had no choice: Why not? What might constrain a world-making Artisan?

One possibility arises if the Artisan is at heart an artist. Then the constraint is desire for beauty. I'd like to (and do) infer that Einstein thought along the line of our Question-Does the world embody beautiful ideas?-and put his faith in the answer "yes!"

Beauty is a vague concept. But so, to begin with, were concepts like "force" and "energy." Through dialogue with Nature, scientists learned to refine the meaning of "force" and "energy," to bring their use into line with important aspects of reality.

So too, by studying the Artisan's handiwork, we evolve refined concepts of "symmetry," and ultimately of "beauty"-concepts that reflect important aspects of reality, while remaining true to the spirit of their use in common language. ~ Frank Wilczek

Leadership isn't about winning. It's about bringing people with you to the finish line. ~ John C. Maxwell

I believed that if you have the heart to make a difference, there is always an answer, but if you have a heart of indifference, there is never an answer. ~ John C. Maxwell

Worriers spend a lot of time shoveling smoke. ~ Claude Maxwell MacDonald

Oh God, Reid," she panted. "What are we doing? This is crazy." "No," he argued, biting her earlobe and making her gasp from the strange pleasure-pain she was only beginning to learn about. "This is foreplay. ~ Gina Maxwell

If you want to attract people, you need to be like people you enjoy being with. ~ John C. Maxwell

Never date a man who can't out-drink you in tequila. ~ Gina L. Maxwell

The higher you want to climb, the more you need leadership. The greater the impact you want to make, the greater your influence needs to be. Whatever you will accomplish is restricted by your ability to lead others. ~ John C. Maxwell

My life was has been a series of poorly timed moves for as long as I can remember. But something about this place has me pausing. ~ Lisa Maxwell

Mental pictures offer us an opportunity to practice new traits and attitudes, which otherwise we could not do. This is possible because again - your nervous system cannot tell the difference between an actual experience and one that is vividly imagined. ~ Maxwell Maltz

Anyone can follow a path, but only a leader can blaze one. ~ John C. Maxwell

Am I worthy of Juliet, I wondered, worthy as my father was of my mother? ~ Robin Maxwell

Everyone has the potential to become an encourager. You don't have to be rich. You don't have to be a genius. You don't have to have it all together. All you have to do is care about people and initiate. ~ John C. Maxwell

What we insistently desire, over time, is what we become. ~ Neal A. Maxwell

Here's to new blood."
-Jagger Maxwell ~ Ellen Schreiber

Be more concerned about making others feel good about themselves than you are in making them feel good about you. ~ John C. Maxwell