John C. Maxwell Quotes

A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.

John C. Maxwell

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LifeChangeMarriageLeaderTeacher

For many years I was engaged in journalism, writing articles and chronicles for the daily press without ever joining the staff of any newspaper.

Johannes Vilhelm Jensen

DailyWritingJournalismNewspaper

To holy people the very name of Jesus is a name to feed upon, a name to transport. His name can raise the dead and transfigure and beautify the living.

John Henry Newman

PeopleNameLivingDeadTransport

I saw that there are people who will connive against innovation. They're hostile to it. And that has shaped my behavior ever since.

Robert Metcalfe

InnovationPeopleBehaviorWillSaw

There are too many things I find it difficult to say 'no' to.

Tom Stoppard

FindSayDifficultThingsManyToo

I fell in love with 'Ben Hur' when I was 8 years old, and I just knew I had to be involved in movies, even if I was the guy who melted the butter on the popcorn.

Rod Lurie

LoveMoviesPopcornOldYearsGuy

I wanted Lillian Hellman to be perfect because I wasn't perfect myself. I really wanted a mentor.

Rosemary Mahoney

MyselfPerfectMentorBecauseWanted

I was studying tourism at college and wanted to travel the world as a tour guide - that was my dream! But actually, sometimes modeling feels quite similar, because I travel so much - probably even more than tour guiding.

Liu Wen

TravelCollegeWorldDreamSometimes

I think I'm more influenced, just in general, not by blues artists, but more by stuff from Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder. Stevie Wonder is probably my biggest musical influence of all. And Donny Hathaway.

Jonny Lang

InfluenceThinkWonderBluesMore

I dream of working with iconic directors such as Tim Burton, Baz Luhrmann, Terry Gilliam and Wes Anderson - so I'm setting my sights pretty high! My perfect role would be in a fairy-tale period piece, and I'm quite upset all the Harry Potter movies have been made as I'd love to have been in those.

Dree Hemingway

LovePerfectDreamMoviesUpset

You make a choice whether or not to turn that TV on. We didn't even have a television in the house.

Christine Baranski

YouHouseTelevisionChoiceTurnTV

Men who are not given any voice in this because of the secret nature of the courts, what they're left with is dressing up ridiculously, but at least using humour to try and draw attention to their kids.

Bob Geldof

NatureMenVoiceAttentionTryUp

You want to free the world, free humanity, from oppression? Look inside, look sideways, look at the hidden violence of language. Never forget that language is where the other, parallel violence, the cruelty exercised on the body, originates.

Ariel Dorfman

WorldFreeLanguageYouBodyLook

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