John C. Maxwell Decision Quotations

Exceptionally hard decisions can deplete your energy to the point at which you finally cave in. If you mentally crumble and degenerate into negative thinking, you'll magnify the problem to the point where it can haunt you.

Inability to make decisions is one of the principal reasons executives fail. Deficiency in decision-making ranks much higher than lack of specific knowledge or technical know-how as an indicator of leadership failure.

We choose what attitudes we have right now. And it's a continuing choice.

It is our decisions not our conditions that determine our quality of life.

The highway of life is filled with flat squirrels that couldn't make a decision.

I had a horrible life habit that I had to change. And I think it's very true, the later we make decisions in life that are important, the harder it is to manage those decisions.

Once a decision is made, you should stop worrying and start working. It’s not always what we know that makes it a good decision. It is what we do to implement and execute it that makes it a good decision.

I say, make the decision, and as soon as you make the decision, the rest of your life you just manage that decision on a daily basis.

A person sometimes can't make a decision unless they know what decision to make.

You cannot manage a decision you haven't made.

You cannot overestimate the unimportance of practically everything.

The last decision I made was my health when I had a heart attack when I was 51.

Now what I do is I manage that decision. And I teach them in the book how - know what decision to make and then how to manage those decisions. It's a very - it's a personal growth book [Today Matters]; that's what it is.

What I find them struggling most isn't with one of the twelve [things from daily list]; I find them struggling with what decisions to make.

Relational skills are the most important abilities in leadership.

If you don’t change the direction you are going, then you’re likely to end up where you’re heading…

By far the hardest decision I've had to manage [was about my health]. Because I had 51 years of doing it wrong.

Inability to make decisions is one of the principal reasons executives fail.

Successful people don't make a daily decision to grow. The decision has already been made and just needs to be fed. To feed success you must ... know your purpose in life, grow daily to reach your maximum potential, and sow seeds that benefit others. Remember, success is not a destination; it's a daily thing.

Talk to people, not above them.

Your emotions are making it difficult for you to accept hard decisions.

Give God the first part of every day. Give God the first day of every week. Give God the first portion of your income. Give God the first consideration in every decision. Give God the first place in your life.

The bookends of success are starting and finishing. Decisions help us start; discipline helps us finish.