Maxwell Quotes

Making those we love happy sounds innocent as a dove, but it can be as destructive as a lion. ~ Florida Scott-Maxwell

How do you identify someone who needs encouragement? That person is breathing. TRUETT CATHEY ~ John C. Maxwell

You cannot buy or win happiness. You must choose it. ~ John C. Maxwell

[On the British Museum:] It was manifestly impossible to read all the books in that huge, gloomy structure, but I made a good try and accumulated a fund of useless information guaranteed to cast a pall over any dinner table. ~ Elsa Maxwell

No matter your title, people will not follow you if they don't trust you. ~ John C. Maxwell

It is impossible to say why people put so little value on complete happiness. ~ William Maxwell

In a speech given at an academic conference at Yale University in 1972, Fred Rogers said, "The impact of television must be considered in the light of the possibility that children are exposed to experiences which may be far beyond what their egos can deal with effectively. Those of us who produce television must assume the responsibility for providing images of trustworthy available adults who will modulate these experiences and attempt to keep them within manageable limits." Which is exactly what Rogers himself had tried to do with the production of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. ~ Maxwell King

COMMUNICATION: If I had to pick a first rule of communication-the one practice above all others that opens the door to connecting with others-it would be to look for common ground. Too often people see communication as the process of transmitting massive amounts of information to other people. But that's the wrong picture. Communication is a journey. The more that people have in common, the better the chance that they can take that journey together. ~ John C. Maxwell

In the economy of Heaven, God does not send thunder if a still, small voice is enough, or a prophet if a priest can do the job. ~ Neal A. Maxwell

Mentally strong people are comfortable in their own skin. ~ John C. Maxwell

God, as a loving Father, will stretch our souls at times. The soul is like a violin string: it makes music only when it is stretched ... God will tutor us by trying us because He loves us, not because of indifference! ~ Neal A. Maxwell

When you think that you know everything, you know less than nothing. ~ Jordan Maxwell

The combination of bait the GOP used to catch southern whites was tailored to the region, but it is still bait to all who are hungry. So calls for states' rights, law and order, fiscal conservatism, colorblindness, anti-feminism, men's rights, and Christian nationalism can summon a Southern white majority, but other Americans are beckoned too.... That explains why, over time, at the national level, Republican candidates had no choice but to echo all three of those dog whistles in order to win. Those who did not or could not lost. ~ Angie Maxwell

Color is not a trivial subject but one that has compelled, for hundreds of years, a passionate curiosity in the greatest artists, philosophers, and natural scientists. The young Spinoza wrote his first treatise on the rainbow; the young Newton's most joyous discovery was the composition of white light; Goethe's great color work, like Newton's, started with a prism; Schopenhauer, Young, Helmholtz, and Maxwell, in the last century, were all tantalized by the problem of color; and Wittgenstein's last work was his Remarks on Colour. And yet most of us, most of the time, overlook its great mystery. ~ Oliver Sacks

No love is ever wasted. Its worth does not lie in reciprocity. ~ Neal A. Maxwell

A lack of realism in the vision today costs credibility tomorrow. ~ John C. Maxwell

Everything you now do is something you have chosen to do. Some people don't want to believe that. But if you're over age twenty-one, your life is what you're making of it. To change your life, you need to change your priorities ~ John C. Maxwell

To be successful is to be helpful, caring, and constructive, to make everything and everyone you touch a little bit better. The best thing you have to give is yourself. If ~ John C. Maxwell

Connections were what kept people tied to the world. Without connections, there was nothing left to stop them from simply floating away.

Somtehing as simple as a stranger on the other end of the line willing to listen. Or a crotchety old man who believed he knew best.

Connections. ~ Eliza Maxwell

We could not learn love in the abstract any more than we could learn patience and the other cardinal virtues. Just as we cannot know the "fellowship of his sufferings" without suffering, we also come to know real fellowship with our fellowmen only by serving them. ~ Neal A. Maxwell

Even the good can become careless without the Lord's being there to chasten. ~ Neal A. Maxwell

Everything begins with a thought. ~ 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

Ideas are changed, not by will, but by other ideas ~ Maxwell Maltz

People who think they're leading but have no one following them are only taking a walk. ~ John C. Maxwell

Some people want everything to be perfect before they're willing to commit ... But commitment always precedes achievement. ~ John C. Maxwell

Remember, it's the finish, not the start, that counts the most in life. ~ John C. Maxwell

Good leadership isn't about advancing yourself. It's about advancing your team. ~ John C. Maxwell

Ironically, as some people become harder, they use softer words to describe dark deeds. This, too, is part of being sedated by secularism. Needless abortion, for instance, is a "reproductive health procedure, ... " "Illegitimacy" gives way to the wholly sanitized words "non-marital birth" or "alternative parenting." ~ Neal A. Maxwell

Find your vision, and let it guide you in all that you do. If you lack vision, look inside yourself. Draw on your natural gifts and desires. ~ John C. Maxwell

Actions are remembered long after words are forgotten. ~ John C. Maxwell

A person with an outstanding attitude makes the best of it while he gets the worst of it. ~ John C. Maxwell

How to prepare someone for leadership:
I do it.
I do it and you watch.
You do it and I watch.
You do it.
You do it and someone else watches. ~ John C. Maxwell

Oh, he was definitely doable. Did Hawaiians have the saying "Save a surfboard, ride a surfer"? ~ Gina L. Maxwell

Children now log about twenty-two thousand hours watching television by age nineteen, more than twice the time spent in school.3 ~ John C. Maxwell

Attitude is the first quality that marks the successful man. If he has a positive attitude and is a positive thinker, who likes challenges and difficult situations, then he has half his success achieved. ~ John C. Maxwell

Foreign correspondence has a natural element of romanticism - and this could be seen as soon as that class of professional reporter emerged in the last half of the 19th century. ~ John Maxwell Hamilton

The dues of discipleship are high indeed, and how much we can take so often determines how much we can then give. ~ Neal A. Maxwell

Maxwell waved Kim and I into his office, and we remained at attention while he was on the phone. ~ Jason Kristopher

To really 'live,' that is to find life reasonably satisfying, you must have an adequate and realistic self-image that you can life with. You must find yourself acceptable to 'you.' ~ Maxwell Maltz

Clearly, when we baptize, our eyes should gaze beyond the baptismal font to the holy temple. The great garner into which the sheaves should be gathered is the holy temple. ~ Neal A. Maxwell

The highway of life is filled with flat squirrels that couldn't make a decision. ~ John C. Maxwell

Men's and nations' finest hour consist of those moments when extraordinary challenge is met by extraordinary response. Hence in those darkest hours, we must light our individual candles rather than vying with others to call attention to the enveloping darkness. Our indignation about injustice should lead to illumination, for if it does not, we are only adding to the despair-and the moment of gravest danger is when there is so little light that darkness seems normal! ~ Neal A. Maxwell

Success is not a destination thing, it's a daily thing. ~ John C. Maxwell

The average for entrepreneurs is 3.8 failures before they finally make it in business. ~ John C. Maxwell

We are to get wisdom and understanding, yet we are not to lean on it apart from the Lord. ~ John C. Maxwell

True discipleship is for volunteers only. Only volunteers will trust the Guide sufficiently to follow Him in the dangerous ascent which only He can lead. ~ Neal A. Maxwell

When at length we tire of putting people down, this self-inflicted fatigue can give way to the invigorating calisthenics of lifting people up. ~ Neal A. Maxwell

Most people's natural inclination is to judge themselves according to their best qualities while they measure others by their worst. As a result, they point to areas where their teammates need to grow. But the truth is that every person is responsible for his own growth first. ~ John C. Maxwell

We cannot achieve our wildest dreams by remaining who we are ~ John C. Maxwell

The greatest handicap a person has is not realizing his potential. ~ John C. Maxwell

Stop brooding. Or at least if you're gonna continue, don't sit so close to that cactus. You're bumming the both of us out. See? Its tiny little cock has gone limp."

The magazine slides to the floor as I turn my head to see the sorry-looking cactus behind the couch. What Eric is referring to as its penis hangs limp on the 'body' like it always has. ~ Erica Pike

Despite all the variables and advise, like love and marriage it seemed to me that learning to cast ought to be a lot easier than it was. ~ Jessica Maxwell

Bores put you in a mental cemetery while you are still walking. ~ Elsa Maxwell

The greatest cause of ulcers is mountain-climbing over molehills. ~ Maxwell Maltz

Willard Gibbs did for statistical mechanics and for thermodynamics what Laplace did for celestial mechanics and Maxwell did for electrodynamics, namely, made his field a well-nigh finished theoretical structure. ~ Robert Andrews Millikan

Loneliness is caused by an alienation from life. It is a loneliness from your real self. ~ Maxwell Maltz

With no sense of the passing of time, they held each other and lost themselves in the opening, unmasking tenderness that always comes after a satisfactory quarrel. ~ William Maxwell

If you are a parent, you have probably already realized that your children are always watching what you do. And just as children watch their parents and emulate their behavior, so do employees who are watching their bosses. ~ John C. Maxwell

The bookends of success are starting and finishing. Decisions help us start; discipline helps us finish. ~ John C. Maxwell

Always turn to God in the midst of your struggle and view people who offended you as an instruments of divine sovereignty. ~ John C. Maxwell

A man can live three days without water; 40 days without food. But only five minutes without hope. ~ John Maxwell

We shall see that the mathematical treatment of the subject [of electricity] has been greatly developed by writers who express themselves in terms of the 'Two Fluids' theory. Their results, however, have been deduced entirely from data which can be proved by experiment, and which must therefore be true, whether we adopt the theory of two fluids or not. The experimental verification of the mathematical results therefore is no evidence for or against the peculiar doctrines of this theory. ~ James Clerk Maxwell

The moment you place a label on someone, you begin to treat him or her accordingly. ~ John C. Maxwell

The directions weren't written in invisible ink on the back of my diploma. They came ever so slowly for me; and ever so firmly I trusted that they would emerge. All I can say is, it's worth the struggle to discover who you really are. ~ Maxwell King

The submissive will make it through to that final scene, for the word of God will lead the man and woman of Christ "in a straight and narrow course across that everlasting gulf of misery ... and land their souls ... at the right hand of God in the kingdom, to sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and with Jacob, and with all our holy fathers" (Helaman 3:30) "who have been ever since the world began ... to go no more out." ~ Neal A. Maxwell

Leah's baby was nestled protectively in the crook of Devon's arm.
In the golden firelight, his expression appeared grim. The neck of his shirt was open, the sleeves rolled up. With a soft gasp of mother love, Leah reached for her child. But Devon's deep, silky voice stopped her.
"Who is the baby's father? And do you love him?"
She froze. Her mouth went dry. Her heart pounded in her chest.
He waited. ~ Cathy Maxwell

statistical laws are not necessarily used as a result of our ignorance. statistical laws can reflect how things really are. there are matters that can only be treated statistically. ~ James Clerk Maxwell

If the kingdom of God is not first, it doesn't matter what's second. ~ Neal A. Maxwell

A society which permits anything will eventually lose everything. ~ Neal A. Maxwell

You've got to have a deep yearning for the answer if you ever want to truly learn something really well. If something has no value, it's simply not appreciated. ~ Maxwell Grantly

THE LAW OF THE CHAIN The Strength of the Team Is Impacted by Its Weakest Link ~ John C. Maxwell

Don't look - you might see. Don't listen - you might hear. Don't think - you might learn. Don't make a decision - you might be wrong. Don't walk - you might stumble. Don't run - you might fall. Don't live - you might die. I would like to add one more thought to this depressing list: Don't change - you might grow. ~ John C. Maxwell

Believe while others are doubting. Plan while others are playing. Study while others are sleeping. Decide while others are delaying. Prepare while others are daydreaming. Begin while others are procrastinating. Work while others are wishing. Save while others are wasting. Listen while others are talking. Smile while others are frowning. Commend while others are criticizing. Persist while others are quitting. ~ John C. Maxwell

Deciding what to be is more important than deciding what to do. ~ John C. Maxwell

While we don't always get what we want, we always get what we choose. ~ John C. Maxwell

I believe that everyone chooses how to approach life. If you're proactive, you focus on preparing. If you're reactive, you end up focusing on repairing. ~ John C. Maxwell

Positive thinking does not always change our circumstances, but it will always change us. When we are able to think right about tough situations, then our journeys through life become ~ John C. Maxwell

Faith in people is an essential quality of an influencer when working with others, yet it is a scarce commodity today. ~ John C. Maxwell

Good leaders motivate others by their listening skills. We are to: avoid prejudicial first impressions; become less self-centered; withhold initial criticism; stay calm; listen with empathy; be active listeners; clarify what we hear; and recognize the healing power of listening. Then we are to act on what we hear ~ John C. Maxwell

Dependable teams members possess the desire to do the things they are capable of doing. ~ John C. Maxwell

See yourself reacting to threats, not by running away or evading them, but by meeting them, dealing with them, grappling with them in an aggressive intelligent manner. ~ Maxwell Maltz

Our journey is demanding enough that the need for reassurance as well as reminders is constant. ~ Neal A. Maxwell

Your Queen I cannot be. Your mistress I will not be. ~ Maxwell Anderson

I am convinced more than ever that good communication and leadership are all about connecting. If you can connect with others at every level -one-on-one, in groups, and with an audience-your relationships are stronger, your sense of community improves, your ability to create teamwork increases, your influence increases, and your productivity skyrockets. ~ John C. Maxwell

The past is only as alive as we keep it by remembering. ~ Lisa Maxwell

Today Matters People create success in their lives by focusing on today. It may sound trite, but today is the only time you have. It's too late for yesterday. And you can't depend on tomorrow. That's why today matters. ~ John C. Maxwell

We can be walking witnesses and standing sermons to which objective onlookers can say a quiet amen. ~ Neal A. Maxwell

Where one, without fault is placed under circumstances sufficient to excite the fears of it reasonable man that another designs to commit it felony, or some great bodily injury upon him, and to afford grounds for reasonable belief that there is imminent clanger of the accomplishment of his design, lie may, acting under these fears alone, slay his assailant and be justified by the appearances. And as where the attack is sudden and the danger inuninent, lie may increase his peril by retreat; so situated, he may stand his ground ... and .slay his aggressor, even if it he proved lie might more easily have gained by Jli~rht. ~ Richard Maxwell Brown

You have to link what you want to say to what others' needs are. ~ John C. Maxwell

Business schools reward complex behavior but it's the simple behavior that makes you successful in life ~ John C. Maxwell

Nothing of significance was ever achieved by an individual acting alone. Look below the surface and you will find that all seemingly solo acts are really team efforts. ~ John C. Maxwell

We who are old know that age is more than a disability. It is an intense and varied experience, almost beyond our capacity at times, but something to be carried high. ~ Florida Scott-Maxwell

Leadership is evoking in others the capacity to dream. ~ John C. Maxwell

The only guarantee for failure is to stop trying ~ John C. Maxwell

The more seriously you take your growth, the more seriously your people will take you. ~ John C. Maxwell

Trials and tribulations tend to squeeze the artificiality out of us, leaving the essence of what we really are and clarifying what we really yearn for. ~ Neal A. Maxwell

When we are impatient, we are neither reverential nor reflective because we are too self-centered. Whereas faith and patience are companions, so are selfishness and impatience. It is so easy to be confrontive without being informative; so easy to be indignant without being intelligent; so easy to be impulsive without being insightful. It is so easy to command others when we are not in control of ourselves. ~ Neil A. Maxwell

Within the modified equations, Kaluza found the ones Einstein had already used successfully to describe gravity in the familiar three dimensions of space and one of time. But because his new formulation included an additional dimension of space, Kaluza found an additional equation. Lo and behold, when Kaluza derived this equation he recognized it as the very one Maxwell had discovered half a century earlier to describe the electromagnetic field. ~ Brian Greene

Everyone knows that for a woman to conceive in the act of coition she, as well as the man. must be satisfied. Is that not true?
Of corse it is true. ~ Robin Maxwell