Your life today is a result of your thinking yesterday. Your life tomorrow will be determined by what you think today.
JOHN C. MAXWELLYou build trust with others each time you choose integrity over image, truth over convenience, or honor over personal gain.
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To achieve your dreams, you must embrace adversity and make failure a regular part of your life. If you’re not failing, you’re probably not really moving forward.
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All leaders make mistakes. They are a part of life. Successful leaders recognize their errors, learn from them, and work to correct their faults.
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Never allow others to put obstacles in the pathway of your dreams.
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You never display your character more clearly than when you speak about the character of others.
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Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing.
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Without a vision people and the church become self-centered. People start finding fault with one another and the church self-destructs.
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The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That’s the day we truly grow up.
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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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Commitment comes as a result of choice, not conditions.
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It’s good to be out of your comfort zone. Just don’t step out of your gift zone.
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God doesn’t move until we move first.
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Find something you like to do so much that you would gladly do it for nothing; then learn to do it so well that people are happy to pay you for it.
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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.
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Give God the first part of every day. Give God the first day of every week. Give God the first portion of your income. Give God the first consideration in every decision. Give God the first place in your life.
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Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.
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The highway of life is filled with flat squirrels that couldn’t make a decision.
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Seven Steps to Success 1) Make a commitment to grow daily. 2) Value the process more than events. 3) Don’t wait for inspiration. 4) Be willing to sacrifice pleasure for opportunity. 5) Dream big. 6) Plan your priorities. 7) Give up to go up.
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Be intentional to add value to every person you meet everyday.
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We teach what we know, but we reproduce what we are.
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Good thinkers are always in demand. A person who knows how may always have a job, but the person who knows why will always be his boss.
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A dream becomes a reality as a result of your actions, and your actions are controlled, to a large extent, by your habits.
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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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Your goal as a leader isn’t to be indispensable to the people you lead; it is to leave your people something that is indispensable to them.
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If you wait until you feel like doing something, you will likely never accomplish it.
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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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You don’t overcome challenges by making them smaller but by making yourself bigger.
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