Prayerless people cut themselves off from God’s prevailing power, and the frequent result is the familiar feeling of being overwhelmed, overrun, beaten down, pushed around, defeated. Surprising numbers of people are willing to settle for lives like that.
BILL HYBELSEvery single decision you make as a leader has an effect on the spirit of those you lead.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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You are the most difficult person you will ever lead.
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The mark of community is not the absence of conflict. It’s the presence of a reconciling spirit.
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The worst days of leadership beat the best days of being an onlooker.
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Develop your reflective will and gain better insight before you say or do something.
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Don’t get so addicted to vision that the people feel like equipment
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Enjoy every single day you get to lead because it will be over in a blink.
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I would never want to reach out someday with a soft, uncallused hand-a hand never dirtied by serving-and shake the nail-pierced hand of Jesus.
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Vision is the most powerful weapon in the leader’s arsenal.
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Don’t steamroll your way into a conversation before establishing any relational credibility.
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Vision is a picture of the future that produces passion.
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He [God] wants us to talk to him as to a friend or father – authentically, reverently, personally, earnestly.
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Effective leaders do not fear passion. They welcome it. But from time to time passionate discussions digress into personal attacks, and real people get really hurt. In my view, leaders must head that off before it happens.
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People won’t give their best unless their leader challenges them to do so.
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Authentic Christians are persons who stand apart from others. Their character seems deeper, their ideas fresher, their spirit softer, their courage greater, their leadership stronger, their concerns wider, their compassion more genuine and their convictions more concrete.
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Life’s great moments evolve from simples acts of cooperation with God’s mysterious promptings.
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