Years ago, I began collecting quotes from people that spoke into my life. I wanted to share a few that are worth repeating. We need leadership in the world today, as has been true since creation. These quotes come from people that are not flawless, but examples of much needed leadership thoughts.
John Maxwell – Author and speaker
“If a goal is worth pursuing, it’s a goal worth telling others about. There’s no such thing as a silent dream.”
“Unsuccessful people go in too many directions. Successful people focus on the main thing.”
“You can’t reach the future successfully unless you’ve touched the past.”
“The Iceberg Thought – the more you see on top of the water, the more you know there is below the water.”
“A lot of people are not iceberg thinkers. They are ice cube thinkers.”
Bill Hybels- Pastor
“When leaders change, families change. Businesses change. Entire countries change.”
“The local church is the hope of the world. Christ-centered leaders bring hope.”
“Leadership is not about presiding over something, protecting a position or pontificating about how smart you are.”
“Don’t just deliver the required result. Over-deliver and over-deliver every time.”
Jim Collins – Author
“I believe questions are better than answers.”
“Personal humility, the X-factor of great leadership.”
“As a leader you have to know what must be done. You must know what must be done and you must be right.”
“We succeed at our very best only when we help others succeed.”
“Money is like blood, food, oxygen, and water. They are necessary for life. But they are not the point of life.”
Adam Grant – Wharton School
“Givers enjoy helping others and often do so with no strings attached.”
“It’s nice to have the right people on the bus. It’s critical to keep the wrong people off the bus.”
“A healthy organization is not about getting more givers on the team. It’s about getting the takers off the team. The matchers then become givers.”
“One of the best things you can do as a leader is ask for help.”
“If you want to boost a company’s products and performance, get more givers.”
Albert Tate – Pastor in Monrovia
“Who to believe – Lies in truth’s clothing or the naked truth?”
As a leader leave room to bring a dumb idea because you never know when God’s going to use a dumb idea to do something great.”
“When was the last time you were blown away by what God did in your church, in your company?”
“What would it mean to have something left at the end of the day for your family, your children, your church?”
“When you get out of the way you discover the awe and wonder of God’s hand.”
Sam Adeyemi – Pastor in Nigeria
“When God asked you a question, you need to remember it’s not because He doesn’t know the answer. He is often confronting your foolishness.”
Following you as a leader should hold the promise of life change.”
“There is something about leaders and talented people that makes us think others cannot do what we do.”
“One of the most amazing things about Jesus’s leadership is He gave power away.”
“Shepherds feed sheep.”
Travis Jones quotes
“I am astonished and amazed at what God is going to do with this situation, I must get out of His way and trust Him?
“You are not being isolated; you are being spotlighted for an opportunity to shine.”
Dr. Ray Jones – My father
“You are special and there in no one like you.”
“You are a diligent young man son.”
As I look over this list of random quotes, I see a Biblical answer for every quote. God speaks through people today.
Make a list of quotes that speak into your life and share them with the next generation.
Ps 71:17-18 “Since my youth O God, you have taught me. And too this day, I will declare your power to the next Generation.”