John C. Maxwell Quotes

I try not to be overly analytical.

I've been criticized for not having perspective in the past and I thought that of myself many times but not there.

I think it's important for one to take a certain distance from oneself.

I think sometimes you need distance to reflect.

Upon reflection, I decided I had three main weaknesses: I was confused (evidenced by a lack of facts, an inability to coordinate my thoughts, and an inability to verbalize my ideas); I had a lack of confidence, which cause me to back down from forcefully stated positions; and I was overly emotional at the expense of careful, 'scientific' though. I was thirty-seven years old and still discovering who I was.

When you feel the desire for power, you should stay in solitude for some time

Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.

Think about these once in awhile, and watch your answers change.

The capacity for inner dialogue is a touchstone for outer objectivity.

You have to attempt to be objective about yourself.

I'm trying to make work that is reflective and is encouraging of reflection.

The awareness of the ambiguity of one's highest achievements (as well as one's deepest failures) is a definite symptom of maturity.

Distance not only gives nostalgia, but perspective, and maybe objectivity.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

I want to take the time to think through how I feel and why I feel. I don't want to feign expertise on matters I know nothing about for the purpose of offering someone else my immediate reaction for their consumption.

I think I've become more modest as the years have gone on.

There's a part of me that looks beyond everything now.

You externalise extreme emotions, and you look at them objectively and understand them from a different standpoint.

Before, I just spewed whatever it was I thought about everything. I tend to be more contemplative now.

Writing is how I find out what I believe and what I care most deeply about. It's how I sort through the mess of daily experience and try to make sense of it - by stepping out of it for a while. Writing is how I train a searchlight into the darker corners of my self and the world, as I'm sure I'd never do otherwise.

As years passed away I have formed the habit of looking back upon that former self as upon another person, the remembrance of whose emotions has been a solace in adversity and added zest to the enjoyment of prosperity.

I am not blind to the shortcomings of our own people.

I really work on paying attention to the clues my self is giving myself. For instance, I think of myself in the third person. That allows me to manage myself better.

I think it's important to have perspective and to look at what you don't necessarily want to see.

A degree of self-awareness is extremely valuable... I hope I have that going forward.