Dignity does not float down from heaven it cannot be purchased nor manufactured. It is a reward reserved for those who labor with diligence.
BILL HYBELSI’m praying to a God who wants to bear fruit through me, and I am going to trust that he is going to use me tonight. Not because of who I am, but because of who he is. He is faithful.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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If your life is rushing in many directions at once, you are incapable of the kind of deep, unhurried prayer that is vital to the Christian walk.
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You don’t have to be any more talented, any richer, any slimmer, any smarter, any more or less of anything to partner with God. All you have to be is willing to be used by him in everyday way
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Wise leaders understand that the single greatest determinant of whether followers will ever own a vision deeply is the extent to which whose followers believe the leader will own it.
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Leaders have to figure it out when there is no road map.
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You’re a leader. It’s your job to keep your passion hot. Do whatever you have to do, read whatever you have to read, go wherever you have to go to stay fired up. And don’t apologize to anybody.
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One of the greatest thrills in all of life is to feel the hand of God working through you and to be a part of the working reality of the church engaged in a movement larger than self.
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The best gift you can give a human being is an introduction to a God who loves them.
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These are the people God will tap on the shoulder and say, “Come with me and we’re going to do something great in your lifetime. Come, we’re going to do this together.
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Jesus is not directing the angelic choir, taking long naps, or doing crossword puzzles. He is completely focused on building his church, the hope of the world.
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The tithe is a wonderful goal but a terrible place to stop.
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Legacy leaders are the only ones wiling to pay the price to fix a broken culture.
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You cannot do leadership without a source of regenerative strength. What is your source?
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Our conduct will never change God’s character.
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Enjoy every single day you get to lead because it will be over in a blink.
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One thing is that life’s great moments evolve from simple acts of cooperation with God’s mysterious promptings-nudges that always lean toward finding what’s been lost and freeing what’s been enslaved .
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You will do whatever you have to do to increase your leadership input, because you know as well as I do that it will make you better.
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Leadership grit begets grit. Lead by example.
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I’m praying to a God who wants to bear fruit through me, and I am going to trust that he is going to use me tonight. Not because of who I am, but because of who he is. He is faithful.
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If it’s the last thing I do, I will give every ounce of the rest of my life to helping leaders and churches get better.
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Most unmarried people have no idea what it takes to make a marriage work; they grossly underestimate the price people have to pay to build long-term, mutually satisfying relationships.
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Everyone wins when a leader gets better
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When God transforms the life of just one leader, that leader can transform a church. When one church is transformed, you can transform a community.
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If you are too busy or too proud to pray with your children, you are too busy and too proud.
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Vision is a picture of the future that produces passion.
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I can write about prayer, you can read about prayer, but sooner or later you have to fall to your knees and just plain pray. Then, and only then, will you begin to operate in the vein of God’s miracle-working ways.
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You can live and lead small, live and lead safe, live and lead selfishly, or you can pursue a grander vision.
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