Quotes from Alfred Ells

A resilient leader bounces back from adversity better than he was before.

More than education, more than experience, more than training, a person's level of resilience will determine who succeeds and who fails.

Behold, the hand of the one betraying Me is with Mine on the table … but woe to that man by whom [the Son of Man] is betrayed! Luke 22:21–22

The way to succeed is to double your failure rate.

There is no loss without pain. Yet there is no change without loss.

Success is moving from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.

Failure offered me a better destiny.

No failure, disappointment, or crisis is too great for God to redeem. Only we can limit ourselves by failing to dream and risk again.

I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11 NIV

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. Ephesians 4:32 NIV

The deepest and most significant growth comes through pain.

He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit, than he who captures a city" (Prov. 16:32).

There are likely kernels of truth in the complaints that can be turned into valuable insights.

Remember Matthew 5:25 ("Make friends quickly with your opponent") and Matthew 5:44 ("Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you").

All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.

The goal of conflict resolution is to cultivate unity and peace, not to win or prove you are right.

God has our best interests at heart and wants to work on us in order to work through us.

Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. Galatians 6:1 ESV

If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

The anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God.

Love your enemies. Pray for those who treat you badly (Luke 6:27–28).

Take wrongs patiently. Be willing to suffer for doing good (1 Pet. 3:8–17).

Be kind and tenderhearted to one another (Eph. 4:32).

When loyalty to a person supersedes loyalty to the mission, problems and drama are likely to arise down the road.