"A vision is usually birthed in isolation, but it is most effectively communicated and implemented in community."
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"Character will stand the test of time and hold up when the wind howls and the storm rages around you."
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"Growth means taking calculated risks."
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"Successful people in all walks of life, whether they are artists, inventors, scientists, or executives, never lose the spirit of a learner."
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"The vision needs to be repeated over and over in creative ways by various means and through a variety of people who are committed to it."
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"We must take time from other important and pressing needs to impact the next generation of leaders."
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"The single greatest way to. Impact an organization is to focus on leadership development."
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"Your greatest legacy as a leader is to leave other leaders in your wake that can carry on after you are no longer there."
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"Effort definitely has a place in the Christian experience, but it is a result of salvation, not a means to salvation."
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"Having a biblically based purpose is like a magnet. It motivates, directs, and pulls you around detours and through distractions."
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"Passion will have more of an impact than personality. There is something compelling about leaders who love what they do and do what they love. A leader like this has the power to ignite enthusiasm and dedication in scores of others with whom he has contact."
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"That’s what character is all about: doing what’s right, even if it hurts."
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"Calling has to do with the God of the universe speaking into your life and circumstances, expressing his will…those who are serving in full-time positions of leadership in the church should experience the clear call of God on their life. There is too much at stake to simply fill a slot or assume a responsibility based solely on feeling, desire, or ambition."
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"One reason so many church leaders fail is that their motivation for stepping into a responsibility does not have its source in God, but in self."
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"Everyone is not designed to be a leader any more than everyone is not designed to be a teacher or an administrator."
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