PRESENTS MINUTE WITH MAXWELL TODAY’S STATEMENT OF STRENGTH “If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.” -Peace Pilgrim Want John’s daily videos sent to your inbox? Subscribe Now VIDEO TRANSCRIPT Hi, John Maxwell here. Welcome to Minute with Maxwell. I’ve got a statement of strength for you right…

Colin Powell said, ‘Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.’ Hey, my name’s John Maxwell. Welcome to Minute with Maxwell. And that was just a statement of strength that I gave you. I’ll repeat it now. Colin Powell, ‘Perpetual optimism is a force.’ I love this word, ‘…multiplier’.

Hi, John Maxwell here. I have a statement of strength for you today on Minute with Maxwell. It’s from Thomas Carlyle. Here’s what he said, ‘A person with a clear purpose will make progress on even the roughest road.’ But, he said, ‘A person with no purpose will make no progress on even the smoothest road.’

Wilfred Peterson said, ‘The world needs less heat and more light.’ I like that, because truly, in this crisis, we’re getting an awful lot of heat, a lot of emotion, and I understand. I understand the fear and the uncertainty.

I’m not sure who said this quote, but it’s good enough to be in our Minute with Maxwell statements of strength. Here it is: ‘Courage can be in the small choices that we make each day, in doing something despite being afraid of it.

Here’s a statement of strength by Brendon Burchard. He said, ‘Doubt increases with inaction.’ Very true. ‘…Clarity reveals itself in momentum. Growth comes from progress. For all these reasons, begin.’ That’s just great wisdom.

That is a powerful statement. Lyndon Johnson says, you know what? We really can’t go back and fix yesterday. We can’t go back and recover it. But tomorrow is still in our hands. We can win it if we want to, but if we don’t do well, we can also lose it.

We’re sharing statements of strength to kind of encourage you at this time. Of all the statements of strength that I’m giving over this entire two-month period of time, this one could be my favorite one. It’s by Norman Vincent Peale, and I just love the visualness of this statement.

Winston Churchill said, ‘A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity and the optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.’ Wow! Welcome to Minute with Maxwell. Hi, my name is John. I’m glad you’re with us as I share with you that statement of strength from Mr. Churchill.

And Joyce Meyer has a great one for you today. She said, ‘Don’t be afraid of change because it’s leading you to a new beginning.’