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Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones for Success QUOTES

1 " The fellow who never makes a mistake takes his orders from one who does. "

― John C. Maxwell , Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones for Success

2 " The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure. "

― John C. Maxwell , Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones for Success

3 " If you're not failing, you're probably not really moving forward. "

― John C. Maxwell , Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones for Success

4 " God uses people who fail—'cause there aren't any other kind around. "

― John C. Maxwell , Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones for Success

5 " Ninety percent of all those who fail are not actually defeated. They simply quit. "

― John C. Maxwell , Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones for Success

6 " Little progress is better than no progress at all. Success comes in taking many small steps. If you stumble in a small step, it rarely matters. Don't gift wrap the garbage. Let little failures go. "

― John C. Maxwell , Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones for Success

7 " Why worry about things you can't control when you can keep yourself busy controlling the things that depend on you? "

― John C. Maxwell , Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones for Success

8 " A winner knows how much he still has to learn, even when he is considered an expert by others. A loser wants to be considered an expert by others before he has learned enough to know how little he knows. "

― John C. Maxwell , Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones for Success

9 " No, none of these things are the key. When it comes right down to it, I know of only one factor that separates those who consistently shine from those who don't: The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure. Nothing else has the same kind of impact on people's ability to achieve and to accomplish whatever their minds and hearts desire. "

― John C. Maxwell , Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones for Success

10 " Failure isn't so bad if it doesn't attack the heart. Success is all right if it doesn't go to the head. "

― John C. Maxwell , Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones for Success

11 " Your attitude, more than your aptitude, will determine your altitude. "

― John C. Maxwell , Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones for Success

12 " Great minds have purposes; others have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them. "

― John C. Maxwell , Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones for Success

13 " One of the greatest problems people have with failure is that they are too quick to judge isolated situations in their lives and label them as failures. Instead, they need to keep the bigger picture in mind. "

― John C. Maxwell , Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones for Success

14 " Risk must be evaluated not by the fear it generates in you or the probability of your success, but by the value of the goal. "

― John C. Maxwell , Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones for Success

15 " When it comes to taking risks, I believe there are two kinds of people: those who don't dare try new things, and those who don't dare miss them. "

― John C. Maxwell , Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones for Success

16 " The whole idea of motivation is a trap. Forget motivation. Just do it. "

― John C. Maxwell , Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones for Success

17 " If at First You Do Succeed, Try Something Harder "

― John C. Maxwell , Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones for Success

18 " If you know who you are, make the changes you must in order to learn and grow, and then give everything you've got to your dreams, you can achieve anything your heart desires. "

― John C. Maxwell , Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones for Success

19 " isn't fair. It isn't going to be fair. Stop sniveling and whining and go out and make it happen for you." Wishing that a risk wasn't yours to take won't make it any easier. In fact, it might make it harder. Your attitude about it is your choice. "

― John C. Maxwell , Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones for Success

20 " 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 , Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones for Success