The only way to motivate people is to live a motivated life in front of them
BILL HYBELSWe made a mistake. What we should have done when people crossed the line of faith and become Christians, we should have started telling people and teaching people that they have to take responsibility to become ‘self feeders.’
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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Build something with enduring value.
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The real deal is always going to win in the end.
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You are the most difficult person you will ever lead.
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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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Most of us are far too busy for our own spiritual good.
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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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And they fail to understand that the only people with the strength to pay that price are those who have plumbed the depths of their relationship with God, and have dealt with their own brokenness.
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The worst days of leadership beat the best days of being an onlooker.
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Nothing that matters in this world happens unless leaders lead it.
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If you are anything like me you’ll have to fight tooth-and-nail to stay in the game (evangelism). Because although the home runs have been invigorating, my batting average over the years is abysmally low.
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Don’t steamroll your way into a conversation before establishing any relational credibility.
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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.
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If you don’t change your schedule, you’ll be the same person you’ve always been.
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Legacy leaders are the only ones wiling to pay the price to fix a broken culture.
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Truly, spiritual courage is on the endangered character-quality list.
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