Quotes from Bill Hybels

Those churches have closed down or have been merged with a church that has a more positive vision.

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!

You have never looked in the eyes of someone who does not matter to God.

The best gift you can give a human being is an introduction to a God who loves them.

God didn't make you a leader to respond to stuff all day. He made you a leader to move things forward.

God delights in pouring his favor on obedient risk takers.

There isn't a single motivation, thought, act, or word that has slipped out of your being and escaped the full, undivided attention of God.

Our conduct will never change God's character.

We will probably have to pay a price for devoting our lives to building the kingdom of God. Jesus did.

The local church is the hope of the world, and its future rests primarily in the hands of its leaders.

The local church is the hope of the world.

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.

God wants to father all of us until we're dead sure of his approval, his guiding power and his promise of heaven.

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.

Playing around is one thing; following an established regimen is quite another. It's true with exercise equipment and it is true with prayer.

If I've learned anything about prayer, it's that desperation drives discipline.

He's dangerous because when God talks to him Bob will do whatever God asks him to do at great cost, even if no one agrees, if it's contrary to the way the stream is going, if Bob feels God is in it he will do it.

Leadership is not for the faint of heart

Visionary people face the same problems everyone else faces; but rather than get paralyzed by their problems, visionaries immediately commit themselves to finding a solution.

Great leadership is by definition relentlessly developmental.

One of the greatest joys of leadership is assembling and knitting together teams of fantastic people.

Leadership is the catalytic gift that energizes, directs, and empowers all the other gifts.

We live in a world that is crying out for better leadership.

The leader is the organization's top strategist... systematically envisioning the future and specifically mapping out how to get there.