Quotes about Change

Simply recognizing the need for change does not define leadership. The leader is the one who has the courage to act on what he sees…A leader is someone who has the courage to say publicly what everybody else is whispering privately. It is not his insight that sets the leader apart from the crowd. It is his courage to act on what he sees, to speak up when everyone else is silent.

But, then, that's the point. In leadership, success is succession.

If you want your church to stand the test of time, then you have to be replaced.

If we all got kicked off the staff and the board, and an outside group (a group of leaders who were fearlessly committed to the mission of this church) took our place, what changes would they introduce?68 What's the first thing they would do? Who would they replace? What would they refuse to fund?

What have we fallen in love with that's not as effective as it used to be? What do we love doing that's not really working? What's off limits for discussion? Do we have any "old couches" that need to be thrown out?

But I'm not sitting around praying for revival either. I grew up in the "pray for revival" culture.

To grow our congregants' faith, we must preach and teach for life change.

For this reason it is the dark that provides the leader with his greatest opportunities. It is your response to the dark that determines in large part whether or not you will be called on to lead. For the darkness is what keeps the average person from stepping outside the security of what has always been.

Leaders are not always the first to see the need for change, but they are the first to act. And once they move away from the pack, they are positioned to lead.

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

Wherever there is fear, there is opportunity. Wherever there is great fear, there is great opportunity.

Courage in a strategic moment can change the playing field dramatically.