The leader is the organization’s top strategist… systematically envisioning the future and specifically mapping out how to get there.
BILL HYBELSWise 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.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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There’s nothing like the local church when it’s working right. Its beauty is indescribable. Its power is breathtaking. Its potential is unlimited. No other organization on earth is like the church. Nothing even comes close.
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Dignity does not float down from heaven it cannot be purchased nor manufactured. It is a reward reserved for those who labor with diligence.
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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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It takes a great deal of courage to follow another person’s lead.
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If the request is wrong, God says, No. If the timing is wrong, God says, Slow. If you are wrong, God says, Grow. But if the request is right, the timing is right and you are right, God says, Go!
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I can usually sense that a leading is from the Holy Spirit when it calls me to humble myself, serve somebody, encourage somebody or give something away. Very rarely will the evil one lead us to do those kinds of things.
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Everyone wins when a leader gets better
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Live each day with an open ear toward heaven, eager to respond to any whisper from God.
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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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If you lower the ambient noise of your life and listen expectantly for those whispers of God, your ears will hear them. And when you follow their lead, your world will be rocked.
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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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It’s a huge responsibility to have influence and to steward it in a way that leads to God-honoring leadership.
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Once you understand that God has given a gift, then training becomes more seriously. When you receive better training, you become more effective in the leadership position that God has assigned to you.
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For a marriage relationship to flourish, there must be intimacy. It takes an enormous amount of courage to say to your spouse, ‘This is me. I’m not proud of it – in fact, I’m a little embarrassed by it – but this is who I am.
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It’s incredible to realize that what we do each day has meaning in the big picture of God’s plan
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