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| b7cbc75 | Everyone enjoys being inspired. But here's the truth when it comes to personal growth: Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing. That's the Law of Consistency. It doesn't matter how talented you are. It doesn't matter how many opportunities you receive. If you want to grow, consistency is key. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| d81de43 | Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility . . . In the final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have is the ability to take on responsibility. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 22b43c8 | The Situation Principle: Never let the situation mean more than the relationship. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 016c34c | Whom to Invite to Your Table As you bring people to your table to share ideas, be selective about whom you pick. Choose people who Understand the value of questions Desire the success of others Add value to others' thoughts Are not threatened by others' strengths Can emotionally handle quick changes in the conversation Understand their place of value at the table Bring out the best thinking in the people around them Have experienced success.. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| b42276f | 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 | ||
| 5184afa | The first important step in weathering failure is learning not to personalize it. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 9758512 | Walt Disney's brother tells an amusing story about Walt's budding genius as a fifth grader. The teacher assigned the students to color a flower garden. As she walked among the rows examining the student's work she stopped by young Walt's desk. Noting that his drawing was quite unusual, she remarked, "Walt, that's not right. Flowers don't have faces on them." Confidently he replied, "Mine do!" and continued his work. And they still do; flowe.. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| b3d9d04 | People who do not believe in themselves have trouble believing in others. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| a23fc21 | People are training for success when they should be training for failure. Failure is far more common than success; poverty is more prevalent than wealth; and disappointment more normal than arrival. --J.WALLACE HAMILTON | John C. Maxwell | ||
| f9b4cfe | If you are interested in success, it's easy to set your standards in terms of other people's accomplishments and then let other people measure you by those standards. But the standards you set for yourself are always more important. They should be higher than the standards anyone else would set for you, because in the end you have to live with yourself, and judge yourself, and feel good about yourself. And the best way to do that is to live.. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 43fe4c0 | Dreams often come one size too big so that we can grow into them. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| b7c86ec | THE RIGHT AND WRONG PICTURE OF A DREAM I've studied successful people for almost forty years. I've known hundreds of high-profile people who achieved big dreams. And I've achieved a few dreams of my own. What I've discovered is that a lot of people have misconceptions about dreams. Take a look at many of the things that people pursue and call dreams in their lives: Daydreams--Distractions from Current Work Pie-in-the-Sky Dreams--Wild Ideas .. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| e0472ca | Your values are the soul of your leadership, and they drive your behavior. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 5ea9ab2 | Never complain about what you allow. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| bf68bdd | Preparation (growth) + Attitude + Opportunity + Action (doing something about it) = Luck | John C. Maxwell | ||
| d81d26c | If you pair excellence with humility, people not only won't run over you, they will respect you. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 28f0abb | Successful people do daily what unsuccessful people do occasionally. They practice daily disciplines. They implement systems for their personal growth. They make it a habit to maintain a positive attitude. At | John C. Maxwell | ||
| bdc3b9b | Just for Today . . . Just for today . . . I will choose and display the right attitudes. Just for today . . . I will determine and act on important priorities. Just for today . . . I will know and follow healthy guidelines. Just for today . . . I will communicate with and care for my family. Just for today . . . I will practice and develop good thinking. Just for today . . . I will make and keep proper commitments. Just for today . . . I wi.. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 3ac4122 | Because as the challenge escalates, the need for teamwork elevates. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 34ddaf1 | See the big picture. Your place on the team makes sense only in the context of the big picture. If your only motivation for finding your niche is personal gain, your poor motives may prevent you from discovering what you desire. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 3650824 | The higher you want to climb, the more you need leadership. The greater the impact you want to make, the greater your influence needs to be. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 444686e | The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like and do what you'd rather not. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 5e84d9b | Success consists of a series of little daily victories." --Laddie F. Hutar" | John C. Maxwell | ||
| b07c49f | As Thomas Jefferson proclaimed, "In matters of fashion, swim with the current. In matters of conscience, stand like a rock." | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 08f50f7 | The bottom line in leadership isn't how far we advance ourselves but how far we advance others. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 6e32c70 | How people treat you is their karma. How you react is yours." --Wayne W. Dyer" | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 54b6f1e | True leadership cannot be awarded, appointed, or assigned. It comes only from influence, and that cannot be mandated. It must be earned. The only thing a title can buy is a little time--either to increase your level of influence with others or to undermine it. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 73ba6a6 | That's what makes death so hard--unsatisfied curiosity. --BERYL MARKHAM, | James C. Collins | ||
| f96ea15 | This 'web of discourses' as Robyn called it...is as much a biological product as any of the other constructions to be found in the animal world. (Clothes too, are part of the extended phenotype of Homo Sapiens almost every niche inhabited by that species.An illustrated encyclopedia of zoology should no more picture Homo Sapiens naked than it should picture Ursus arctus-the black bear- wearing a clown suit and riding a bicycle. | dennett humor philosophy philosophy-of-mind science | Daniel C. Dennett | |
| fa44d6c | It is not "scientism" to concede the objectivity and precision of good science, any more than it is history worship to concede that Napoleon did once rule in' France and the Holocaust actually happened. Those who fear the facts will forever try to discredit the fact-finders." | Daniel C. Dennett | ||
| c55cfeb | to compose a successful critical commentary: 1. You should attempt to re-express your target's position so clearly, vividly, and fairly that your target says, "Thanks, I wish I'd thought of putting it that way." 2. You should list any points of agreement (especially if they are not matters of general or widespread agreement). 3. You should mention anything you have learned from your target. 4. Only then are you permitted to say so much as.. | Daniel C. Dennett | ||
| 4f716e4 | You can't change your beliefs as an act of will, in the way you can decide to improve your skills with chainsaw or keyboard. | Daniel C. Dennett | ||
| c02eeb6 | The more you have invested in your religion, the more you will be motivated to protect that investment. Stark | Daniel C. Dennett | ||
| 1886e8f | Carpenters don't make their saws and hammers, tailors don't make their scissors and needles, and plumbers don't make their wrenches, but blacksmiths can make their hammers, tongs, anvils, and chisels | Daniel C. Dennett | ||
| cfe4007 | It's not an intellectual exercise. It's not an academic pursuit--it sort of masquerades as one, but at its core it's a test of trust in each other. Are you or aren't you one of us? And woe to the one who doesn't toe the line. | Daniel C. Dennett | ||
| c7d0ef5 | That's a rhetorical question, and trying to answer rhetorical questions instead of being cowed by them is a good habit to cultivate. | knowledge reason | Daniel C. Dennett | |
| c1ecf43 | Does that mean that religious texts are worthless as guides to ethics? Of course not. They are magnificent sources of insight into human nature, and into the possibilities of ethical codes. Just as we should not be surprised to discover that ancient folk medicine has a great deal to teach modern hightech medicine, we should not be surprised if we find that these great religious texts hold versions of the very best ethical systems any human .. | Daniel C. Dennett | ||
| 0dba872 | The issue between the atheist and the believer is not whether it makes sense to question ultimate fact, it is rather the question: what fact is ultimate? The atheist's ultimate fact is the universe; the theist's ultimate fact is God."68" | John C. Lennox | ||
| 8de0437 | Evrim bir biyolojik mekanizma anlamina gelir ama Tanri'ya inananlar Tanri'yi, diger seylerin yaninda, mekanizmalari tasarlayan ve yaratan bir Zat olarak kabul ederler. Daha once, Ford arabanin calisma mekanizmasini anlamanin Bay Ford'u yok kabul etmeye bir kanit olusturmadigini gormustuk. Dolayisiyla bir mekanizmanin varligi o mekanizmayi tasarlayan bir oznenin olmadigini gostermez. | god john-lennox tanrı | John C. Lennox | |
| 782869e | It is rather ironical that in the sixteenth century some people resisted advances in science because they seemed to threaten belief in God; whereas in the twentieth century scientific ideas of a beginning have been resisted because they threatened to increase the plausibility of belief in God. | John C. Lennox | ||
| 75e73dd | To postulate a trillion-trillion other universes, rather than one God, in order to explain the orderliness of our universe, seems the height of irrationality. | John C. Lennox | ||
| d48b0da | Anyone who is known as the Mysterious Marquis ought to have far more interesting reasons for his behavior than a stupid dispute with Sir Hilary. | Patricia C. Wrede | ||
| d8677c6 | If a beauty like Letitia Tarnower couldn't interest Mairelon, and a brilliant wizard like Renee D'Auber hadn't attracted him in all the years they'd known one another, what chance did she, Kim, have? | Patricia C. Wrede | ||
| 3b7094a | She said that time and death are the greatest enemies all of us must face, and the only weapon stronger than they are is love. | Patricia C. Wrede |