Ryan Murphy > Ryan's Quotes

“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.”
― John C Maxwell

“A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.”
― John C. Maxwell

“If we are growing we are always going to be outside our
comfort zone.”
― John Maxwell

“Success is...
knowing your purpose in life,
growing to reach your maximum potential, and
sowing seeds that benefit others.”
― John C. Maxwell

“Poem by Howard A. Walter (Character)

I would be true, for there are those who trust me;
I would be pure, for there are those who care;
I would be strong, for there are those who suffer;
I would be brave, for there is much to dare.
I would be friend of all--- the foe, the friendless;
I would be giving, and forget the gift;
I would be humble, for I know my weakness;
I would look up, and laugh, and love, and lift.”
― John C. Maxwell, Developing the Leader Within You

“The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.”
― John C. Maxwell

“Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.”
― John C. Maxwell

“If you start today to do the right thing, you are already a success even if it doesn’t show yet.”
― John Maxwell

“The whole idea of motivation is a trap. Forget motivation.
Just do it. Exercise, lose weight, test your blood sugar, or
whatever. Do it without motivation. And then, guess what?
After you start doing the thing, that's when the motivation
comes and makes it easy for you to keep on doing it.”
― John C. Maxwell

“Everything begins with a decision. Then, we have to manage that decision for the rest of your life.”
― John C. Maxwell

“Relational skills are the most important abilities in leadership.”
― John C. Maxwell, Developing the Leaders Around You: How to Help Others Reach Their Full Potential

“Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.”
― John C. Maxwell

“There was a very cautious man
Who never laughed or played
He never risked, he never tried,
He never sang or prayed.
And when he on day passed away,
His insurance was denied,
For since he never really lived,
They claimed he never really died.

(Anonymous poem)”
― John C. Maxwell, Developing the Leader Within You

“A successful person finds the right place for himself. But a successful leader finds the right place for others.
By John Maxwell”
― John C.Maxwell

“Your success stops where your character stops. You can never rise above the limitations of your character.”
― John C. Maxwell

“Real leadership is being the person others will gladly and confidently follow.”
― John C. Maxwell

“Happiness simply cannot be relied upon as a measure of success.”
― John C. Maxwell, Your Road Map for Success: You Can Get There from Here

“Image is what people think we are; integrity is whar we really are.”
― John Maxwell

“Have to sow excellent seeds to have an excellent life. Must start with sowing excellent thoughts.”
― John C. Maxwell

“Look behind you: What have you learned?
Look around you: What is happening to others?
Look above you: What does God expect of you?
Look besides you: What resources are available to you?”
― John Maxwell

“People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.”
― John C. Maxwell

“I want to make a difference with people who want to make a difference, doing something that makes a difference.”
― John C. Maxwell

“Dont ever be impressed with goal setting; be impressed with goal getting. Reaching new goals and moving to a higher level of performance always requires change, and change feels awkward. But take comfort in the knowledge that if a change doesn't feel uncomfortable, then it's propably not really a change.”
― John C. Maxwell, Thinking for a Change: 11 Ways Highly Successful People Approach Life and Work

“Live to learn and you will really learn to live.”
― John C. Maxwell

“A dream worth pursuing is a picture and blueprint of a person's purpose and potential”
― John C. Maxwell, Put Your Dream to the Test: 10 Questions That Will Help You See It and Seize It

“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.”
― John C. Maxwell

“Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.”
― John C. Maxwell

“You cannot overestimate the unimportance of practically everything.”
― John Maxwell

“One of the major keys to success is to keep moving forward on the journey, making the best of the detours and interruptions, turning adversity into advantage.”
― John C. Maxwell

“It's said that a wise person learns from his mistakes. A wiser one learns from others' mistakes. But the wisest person of all learns from others's successes.”
― John C. Maxwell, Leadership Gold: Lessons I've Learned from a Lifetime of Leading