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You have to live with the people to know their needs, and you have to live with God to know how to solve them.

John C. Maxwell

The first person you lead is you.
JOHN C. MAXWELL

Inspirational Leadership Motivational One Liner Person Yourself
Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing. That’s the Law of Consistency. It doesn’t matter how talented you are. It doesn’t matter how many opportunities you receive. If you want to grow, consistency is key.
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Consistency Discipline Growth Key Motivational Opportunity Talent Yourself
You can’t be a smart cookie if you have a crummy attitude.
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Attitude Smart Yourself
Your talk talks and your walk talks, but your walk talks louder than your talk talks.
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Inspirational Loud Motivational Talk Walk Word Work Yourself
Not realizing what you want is a problem of knowledge. Not pursuing what you want is a problem of motivation. Not achieving what you want is a problem of persistence.
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Achievement Knowledge Motivational Persistence Problem Pursue Yourself
People who blame others for their failures never overcome them. They simply move from problem to problem. To reach your potential, you must continually improve yourself, and you can’t do that if you don’t take responsibility for your actions and learn from your mistakes.
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Action Blame Failure Improvement Learning Mistake People Potential Problem Responsibility Simplicity Yourself
I think many people believe the best way they can help others is to criticize them, to give them the benefit of their ‘wisdom.’ I disagree. The best way to help people is to see the best in them.
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Believe Best Myself People See Thinking Wisdom
It’s good to be out of your comfort zone. Just don’t step out of your gift zone.
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Comfortable Gift Goodness Yourself
If you start today to do the right thing, you are already a success even if it doesn’t show yet.
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Inspirational Right Start Success Yourself
Failed plans should not be interpreted as a failed vision. Visions don’t change, they are only refined. Plans rarely stay the same, and are scrapped or adjusted as needed. Be stubborn about the vision, but flexible with your plan.
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Change Failure Need Planning Vision Yourself
The difference between where we are and where we want to be is created by the changes we are willing to make in our lives. When you want something you’ve never had, you must do something you’ve never done to get it.
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Change Creation Difference Inspirational Journey Live Ourselves Path Yourself
It is our decisions not our conditions that determine our quality of life.
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Condition Decision Determination Life Ourselves Quality
If your habits don’t line up with your dream, then you need to either change your habits or change your dream.
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Change Dreams Habit Need Yourself
Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.
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Influence Leadership Life Position
Do something you hate every day, just for the practice.
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Hate Practice Yourself
The single biggest way to impact an organization is to focus on leadership development. There is almost no limit to the potential of an organization that recruits good people, raises them up as leaders and continually develops them.
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Big Development Focus Goodness Leadership Organization People Potential Way

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