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If You Think You Are Beaten, You Are. If You Think You Dare Not, You Don't. If You'd Like To Win But Think You Can't It's Almost Certain You Won't. Life's Battles Don't Always Go To The Stronger Or Faster Man, But Sooner Or Later, The Man Who Wins Is The Man Who Thinks He Can. A Happy Person Is Not A Person With A Certain Set Of Circumstances, But Rather A Person With A Certain Set Of Attitudes. I May Not Be Able To Change The World I See Around Me, But I Can Change The Way I See The World Within Me.

-John C. Maxwell

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If You Think You Are Beaten, You Are. If You Think You Dare Not, You Don't. If You'd Like To Win But Think You Can't It's Almost Certain You Won't. Life's Battles Don't Always Go To The Stronger Or Faster Man, But Sooner Or Later, The Man Who Wins Is The Man Who Thinks He Can. A Happy Person Is Not A Person With A Certain Set Of Circumstances, But Rather A Person With A Certain Set Of Attitudes. I May Not Be Able To Change The World I See Around Me, But I Can Change The Way I See The World Within Me.

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A Leader Can Give Up Anything - Except Final Responsibility.

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You Don't Become A Success When You Get Your Diploma, You Became A Success When You Decided To Go To College When You Get Your Diploma You Get The Rewards Of Success.

You Are Only An Attitude Away From Success!

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If You Are Not Moving Forward, The World Is Passing You By.

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If You Want To Keep Giving You Have To Keep Growing.

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The Greatest Of All Insights Is That We Cannot Be Tomorrow What We Do Not Do Today.

Holding A Grudge Is Never Positive Or Appropriate.

Acquiring And Keeping Good People Is A Leader's Most Important Task.

He That Thinketh He Leadeth And Hath No One Following Him Is Only Taking A Walk.

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If You Don’t Try To Create The Future You Want, You Must Endure The Future You Get.

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Making A Difference

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Being Successful

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To Add Growth, Lead Followers - To Multiply, Lead Leaders.

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Making Matters Worse Is People's Natural Inclination To Be Easy On Themselves, Judging Themselves According To Their Good Intentions-while Holding Others To A Higher Standard And Judging Them By Their Worst Actions.

Anybody Who Thinks That They Are A Leader And Doesn't Have Anyone Following Them Is Just Out For A Walk.

Goals May Give Focus, But Dreams Give Power.

While Everyone Exercises Influence, The Size And Strength Of Our Influence Depends Upon Our Effort. No One Leads Well Without Paying The Price Of Discipline. As We Push Ourselves To Grow And To Learn, We Enlarge Our Sphere Of Influence.

Good Leadership Isn't About Advancing Yourself. It's About Advancing Your Team.

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We Are To Get Wisdom And Understanding, Yet We Are Not To Lean On It Apart From The Lord.

My Leadership Began To Take Flight When I Allowed Myself To Press People To Change-whether They Thanked Me Or Cursed Me.

Life Doesn't Do Anything To You. It Only Reveals Your Spirit.

I Can't Raise The Bar Of Others If I Haven't Raised The Bar For Myself.

Vision Is Something Pastors And Churches Cannot Afford To Live Without.

Competence Goes Beyond Words. It's The Leader's Ability To Say It, Plan It, And Do It In Such A Way That Others Know That You Know How - And Know That They Want To Follow You.

You Cannot Enjoy Others Until You Enjoy Yourself Because You Cannot Give To Others What You Do Not Have.

Good People Always Rise To Your Level Of Expectation.

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If You Want To Attract People, You Need To Be Like People You Enjoy Being With.

Good Executives Never Put Off Until Tomorrow What They Can Get Someone Else To Do Today.

I Grew Up In The Home Of A Pastor, And My Earliest Memory Is That God Really Had A Plan For My Life And That I Was Special - This Is Really Weird - But I Felt That.

Hope Sings When All Melodies Are Gone.

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.

To Move Forward Today, You Must Learn To Say Good-bye To Yesterday's Hurts, Tragedies And Baggage. You Can't Build A Monument To Past Problems And Fail Forward.

It's Better To Give Ideas Away And Contribute To Another Person's Success Than To Have Them Lying Dormant.

Adversity Is A Crossroads That Makes A Person Choose One Of Two Paths: Character Or Compromise. Every Time He Chooses Character, He Becomes Stronger, Even If That Choice Brings Negative Consequences.

The Best Relationships Are Win-win. Why Don't More People Go Into Relationships With That Attitude?

People Buy Into The Leader Before They Buy Into The Vision.

It's Better To Prepare Than To Repair.

Whenever I Mentor People And Help Them Discover Their Purpose, I Always Encourage Them To Start The Process By Discovering Their Strengths, Not Exploring Their Shortcomings. Why? Because People's Purpose In Life Is Always Connected To Their Giftedness. It Always Works That Way. You Are Not Called To Do Something That You Have No Talent For. You Will Discover Your Purpose By Finding And Remaining In Your Strength Zone.

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