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Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters QUOTES

Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters QUOTES

1 " As you start your day, are you wondering what you will reap, or are you wondering what you will sow? "

― John C. Maxwell , Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters

2 " The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda. "

― John C. Maxwell , Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters

3 " Nobody finishes well by accident. "

― John C. Maxwell , Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters

4 " John Wesley: “Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can. "

― John C. Maxwell , Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters

5 " Poet Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. "

― John C. Maxwell , Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters

6 " Action is what converts human dreams into significance. "

― John C. Maxwell , Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters

7 " A dream requires a partner: commitment. "

― John C. Maxwell , Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters

8 " If I wanted to make a difference… Wishing for things to change wouldn’t make them change. Hoping for improvements wouldn’t bring them. Dreaming wouldn’t provide all the answers I needed. Vision wouldn’t be enough to bring transformation to me or others. Only by managing my thinking and shifting my thoughts from desire to deeds would I be able to bring about positive change. I needed to go from wanting to doing. "

― John C. Maxwell , Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters

9 " Dreams often come one size too big so that we can grow into them. "

― John C. Maxwell , Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters

10 " An unintentional life accepts everything and does nothing. An intentional life embraces only the things that will add to the mission of significance. "

― John C. Maxwell , Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters

11 " There isn’t anyone you couldn’t learn to love once you’ve heard their story.” —Fred Rogers "

― John C. Maxwell , Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters

12 " intentional living is about living your best story. "

― John C. Maxwell , Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters

13 " When you live each day with intentionality, there’s almost no limit to what you can do. You can transform yourself, your family, your community, and your nation. When enough people do that, they can change the world. When you intentionally use your everyday life to bring about positive change in the lives of others, you begin to live a life that matters. "

― John C. Maxwell , Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters

14 " Why do so many people do nothing? I think it’s because most of us look at the evils and injustice around us, and we become overwhelmed. The problems look too big for us to tackle. We say to ourselves, “What can I do? I’m just one person.” One person is a start. One person can act and make a change by helping another. One person can inspire a second person to be intentional, and another. Those people can work together. They can become a movement. They can make an impact. We should never let what we cannot do keep us from doing what we can do. A passive life does not become a meaningful life. "

― John C. Maxwell , Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters

15 " When you get right down to it, intentional living is about living your best story. "

― John C. Maxwell , Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters

16 " Every time we choose action over ease we develop an increasing level of self-worth, self-respect, and self-confidence. "

― John C. Maxwell , Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters

17 " Henry David Thoreau wrote, “One is not born into the world to do everything, but to do something. "

― John C. Maxwell , Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters

18 " One of the great ironies of life is that if you give up your life, you gain it. If you help others, you benefit. If you lose yourself, you find yourself. "

― John C. Maxwell , Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters

19 " If you’re going to grow, you have to be intentional.” —Curt Kampmeier "

― John C. Maxwell , Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters

20 " Most people want to hear or tell a good story. But they don’t realize they can and should be the good story. That requires intentional living. "

― John C. Maxwell , Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters