Learn to say 'no' to the good so you can say 'yes'... -John C. Maxwell

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Learn to say 'no' to the good so you can say 'yes' to the best.

John C. Maxwell , Clergyman
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In the end, people are persuaded not by what we say, but by what they understand....
Look at our society. Everyone wants to be thin, but nobody wants to diet. Everyone wants to live long, but few will exercise. Everybody wants money, y...
If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it - young or old, successful or less-than-s...
Most people don't like change. They revolt against it unless they can clearly see the advantage it brings. For that reason, when good leaders prepare ...
Learn to say 'no' to the good so you can say 'yes' to the best....
There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. 'Good pride' represents our dignity and self-respect. 'Bad pride' is the deadly sin of superiority th...
The best way a mentor can prepare another leader is to expose him or her to other great people....
Growth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from the pack, it's...
The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one....
The most talented do not always end up as celebrities, and those with less talent often do. Upsets are written into our history and occur around us ev...

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No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death....
Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody....
The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast....
We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grap...
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them....
To seek the highest good is to live well....
The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Hea...
He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good....
I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good....
Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another....