Be All You Can Be Quotes

“Sometimes we are afraid because success puts pressure on us to continue to succeed.”
― John C. Maxwell, Be All You Can Be: A Challenge to Stretch Your God-Given Potential

“If you make it your discipline to do a little bit of growing every day, in just a few years you will be amazed by your transformation.”
― John C. Maxwell, Be All You Can Be: A Challenge to Stretch Your God-Given Potential

“you should not be led by popular opinion;”
― John C. Maxwell, Be All You Can Be: A Challenge to Stretch Your God-Given Potential

“Do you know the difference between leaders, followers, and losers? Leaders stretch with challenges. Followers struggle with challenges. Losers shrink from challenges.”
― John C. Maxwell, Be All You Can Be: A Challenge to Stretch Your God-Given Potential

“Believe in the value of others. Carlisle said, “A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats the little man.” The value you place on people determines whether you are a motivator or a manipulator of men.”
― John C. Maxwell, Be All You Can Be: A Challenge to Stretch Your God-Given Potential

“Learn to be flexible. Thomas Jefferson once said, “In matters of principle, stand like a rock. In matters of taste, swim with the current.”
― John C. Maxwell, Be All You Can Be: A Challenge to Stretch Your God-Given Potential

“One day when the Raiders were in Oakland, a reporter visited their locker room to talk to Ken Stabler. Stabler really wasn’t known as an intellectual, but he was a good quarterback. This newspaperman read him some English prose: “I would rather be ashes than dust. I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than that it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy, impermanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.” After reading this to the quarterback, the reporter asked, “What does this mean to you?” Stabler immediately replied, “Throw deep.” Go after it. Go out to win in life.”
― John C. Maxwell, Be All You Can Be: A Challenge to Stretch Your God-Given Potential

“Many Christians estimate difficulty in the light of their own resources, and thus they attempt very little, and they always fail. All giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reckoned on His power and His presence to be with them.”
― John C. Maxwell, Be All You Can Be: A Challenge to Stretch Your God-Given Potential

“So often we lack desire because our delight is not great enough. God promises us that if we delight in him, we will desire things we need, and he will give them to us.”
― John C. Maxwell, Be All You Can Be: A Challenge to Stretch Your God-Given Potential

“Success is more than just power or not violating the rights of others; it is the privilege of contributing to the betterment of others.”
― John C. Maxwell, Be All You Can Be

“Our problems are no longer problems when we seek learning instead of leisure.”
― John C. Maxwell, Be All You Can Be: A Challenge to Stretch Your God-Given Potential

“The secret of the surrendered life is giving God the first part of every day, the first day of every week, the first portion of your income, the first consideration in every decision, and the first place in all of your life.”
― John C. Maxwell, Be All You Can Be: A Challenge to Stretch Your God-Given Potential

“Plan ahead, chart your course, and if God is going to be your partner, make your plans large.”
― John C. Maxwell, Be All You Can Be: A Challenge to Stretch Your God-Given Potential

“This has to do with planning. It’s better to look ahead and prepare than look back and regret.”
― John C. Maxwell, Be All You Can Be: A Challenge to Stretch Your God-Given Potential