John C. Maxwell Quotes About Emotions

Quotes about: Emotions

• You can't move people to action unless you first move them with emotion. The heart comes before the head.

  John C. Maxwell

  Moving, Heart, People

  John C. Maxwell (2007). “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You”, p.115, Thomas Nelson Inc

• The bottom line in managing your emotions is that you should put others – not yourself – first in how you handle and process them. Whether you delay or display your emotions should not be for your own gratification. You should ask yourself, What does the team need? Not, What will make me feel better?

  John C. Maxwell

  Team, Feel Better, Doe

  John C. Maxwell (2011). “The 360 Degree Leader: Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization”, p.67, Thomas Nelson Inc

• When you reflect, you are able to put an experience into perspective... reflective thinking enables you to distance yourself from the intense emotions of particularly good or bad experiences and see them with fresh eyes.

  John C. Maxwell

  Inspirational, Distance, Eye

• If you take control of your behavior, your emotions will fall into place.

  John C. Maxwell

  Fall, Emotion, Behavior

• A dream is an inspiring picture of the future that energizes your
  mind, will, and emotions, empowering you to do everything you can to
  achieve it.

  John C. Maxwell

  Dream, Empowering, Mind

  John C. Maxwell (2011). “Put Your Dream to the Test: 10 Questions that Will Help You See It and Seize It”, p.13, Thomas Nelson Inc

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

  John C. Maxwell

  Decision, Emotion, Accepting

  John C. Maxwell (2014). “Good Leaders Ask Great Questions: Your Foundation for Successful Leadership”, p.166, Hachette UK

• SELF-DISCIPLINE, more than any other personal quality I can think of, is the one thing that separates successful people from the unsuccessful. Think of all it encompasses: honoring commitments, promises and deadlines, keeping your life on schedule, being willing to go the extra mile... Self-discipline is essential to success. The alternative is a life ruled by emotions, and none of us can afford that if we're going to fulfill our purpose and realize our potential.

  John C. Maxwell

  Commitment, Successful, Thinking

  FaceBook post by John C. Maxwell from Nov 17, 2014

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