Quotes from Bill Hybels

It's a huge responsibility to have influence and to steward it in a way that leads to God-honoring leadership.

Leadership in church is one of the biggest challenges that the Church is facing because without strong leadership, the church rarely lives out its redemptive potentials.

If there is ever a time crying out for courageous leadership, its now.

The worst days of leadership beat the best days of being an onlooker.

Leadership grit begets grit. Lead by example.

The heart and soul of the Christian life is learning to hear God's voice and then developing the courage to do what he asks us to do.

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.

The only way to motivate people is to live a motivated life in front of them

Destructive fear must be stopped in its tracks or it will undermine the life God invites us to live.

Life's great moments evolve from simples acts of cooperation with God's mysterious promptings.

Is the ambient noise level of my life low enough for me to hear the whispers of the Lord?

This is the only leadership life I get, my one and only shot at following God the way I feel him prompting me to do so. This isn't some pre-game warm-up. It's the game, and the clock is ticking!

Most of us are far too busy for our own spiritual good.

Busyness is the unrivaled archenemy of spiritual authenticity.

Truly, spiritual courage is on the endangered character-quality list.

You may well have to simplify to live the life God is inviting you to live.

The Christian life is one of faith, where we find ourselves routinely overdriving our headlights but knowing it's okay because God is in control and has a purpose behind it.

You cannot do leadership without a source of regenerative strength. What is your source?

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.

People will not follow a leader with moral incongruities for long. Every time you compromise character you compromise leadership. The foundation of firm leadership is character.

A leader's most valuable asset is not their time but their energy and ability to energize others.

The real deal is always going to win in the end.

I look at tens of thousands of church leaders who still do need a bit of an awakening.

Every life will be better if God is at the center of it