John C. Maxwell

If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it - young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous - is changed by it.

Ranking among the greatest Christmas movie classics, 'It's a Wonderful Life' tells a beautiful story about the priceless value of relationships.

Dividers seek to make themselves look or feel better by making others feel worse. They damage relationships, fracture teams and organizations, and create havoc in people's lives.

The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.

The experience of pain or loss can be a formidably motivating force.

A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.

Life can be boring unless you put some effort into it.

It seems the older you get, the more life comes into focus.

Ideas have a short shelf life. You must act on them before the expiration date.

All of the people in my life whom I consider to be close friends or colleagues are good thinkers.

Success is due to our stretching to the challenges of life. Failure comes when we shrink from them.

Whenever a high-profile leader dies, people immediately attempt to summarize that person's life in a sentence. Often, critics and commentators get caught up looking at the leader's style, or which political or philosophical camp they represented.