It’s not the things I don’t understand about the Bible that bother me; it’s the things I understand with perfect clarity and don’t comply with that keep me up at night.
BILL HYBELSYou can live and lead small, live and lead safe, live and lead selfishly, or you can pursue a grander vision.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
-
-
Don’t steamroll your way into a conversation before establishing any relational credibility.
BILL HYBELS -
If you don’t change your schedule, you’ll be the same person you’ve always been.
BILL HYBELS -
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.
BILL HYBELS -
The grander the vision the greater the price tag.
BILL HYBELS -
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.
BILL HYBELS -
Storms draw something out of us that calm seas don’t.
BILL HYBELS -
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.
BILL HYBELS -
Self awareness allows you to self-correct.
BILL HYBELS -
Leaders need to have a ruthless commitment to resolving relational conflict regardless of how bad it feels.
BILL HYBELS -
You cannot do leadership without a source of regenerative strength. What is your source?
BILL HYBELS -
If we were to boil down Christianity to its core, we’d be left with simply this: relationship with God. The living, loving God of the universe has spoken throughout history, and still speaks today – not just to pastors or priests, but to anyone who will listen. God will speak to you.
BILL HYBELS -
It helps certain church leaders identify the fact that they have the spiritual gift of leadership that the Bible talks about in Romans 12:8.
BILL HYBELS -
The worst days of leadership beat the best days of being an onlooker.
BILL HYBELS -
Our minds, like the needle in that compass, can focus on a variety of subjects throughout the day. But in the end, when they’re left alone to settle, they’ll focus on the objects of our greatest affection.
BILL HYBELS -
We all have strengths, weaknesses and blind spots. In fact, an average person has 3.4 blind spots.
BILL HYBELS