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Famous Howard G. Hendricks Quotes
“The goal is not to make you a smarter sinner but to make you like the Savior.”
“Christian education is a bomb with a long fuse - it takes a while to go off.”
“Our problem is that we are in the Word but not under the Word.”
“Most people don't think, they just rearrange their prejudices.”
“Your strengths develop your confidence; your weaknesses develop your faith.”
“You are able to do many things. But be sure you find the one thing you must do.”
“There's no one without significant creative potential.”
Source: Color Outside the Lines: A Revolutionary Approach to Creative Leadership
“How big is your God? The size of your God determines the size of everything.”
“You cannot impart what you do not possess.”
Source: As Iron Sharpens Iron: Building Character in a Mentoring Relationship
“The greatest curse that pervaded the university is apathy.”
“The measure of you as a leader is not what you do, but what others do because of what you do.”
“In the spiritual realm, the opposite of ignorance is not knowledge, it's obedience.”
Source: As Iron Sharpens Iron: Building Character in a Mentoring Relationship
“A belief is something you will argue about. A conviction is something you will die for.”
“Biblically speaking, to hear and not to do is not to hear at all.”
“In the midst of a generation screaming for answers, Christians are stuttering.”
Source: Taking a stand: what God can do through ordinary you!
“You can control your choices but you can't control the outcome of those choices.”
“If you want to continue leading, you must continue changing.”
“Experience is not the best teacher; evaluated experience is.”