Explore Quotes by Bill Hybels

He's dangerous because when God talks to him Bob will do whatever God asks him to do at great cost, even if no one agrees, if it's contrary to the way the stream is going, if Bob feels God is in it he will do it.

Those churches have closed down or have been merged with a church that has a more positive vision.

The real deal is always going to win in the end.

It takes a great deal of courage to follow another person's lead.

Thirty years ago, we were in a movie theater and thought it was so cool because we were finally delivered from the horrors of stained glass and wooden pews.

If there is ever a time crying out for courageous leadership, its now.

Obeying the Spirit instead of your own self-centered whims will lead you to places you've never been, challenge you in ways you have never been challenged, and invite levels of sacrifice you never dreamed you could make. This is the power and the promise of full-throttle faith, of living a life fueled solely by God.

Leadership is not for the faint of heart

Ten years ago, 15 years ago, I think the church would have been asleep at the switch. This level of activism and engagement with the needs of society by local churches I never thought I'd see it in my lifetime.

Simplified living is about more than doing less. It’s being who God called us to be, with a wholehearted, single-minded focus.

Whenever you see something going well - whenever light begins to chase back the darkness that threatens to engulf our world - look closely. There stands a leader who is holding that candle.

If you don't change your schedule, you'll be the same person you've always been.

If I've learned anything about prayer, it's that desperation drives discipline.

Effective leaders do not fear passion. They welcome it. But from time to time passionate discussions digress into personal attacks, and real people get really hurt. In my view, leaders must head that off before it happens.

Destructive fear must be stopped in its tracks or it will undermine the life God invites us to live.

He [God] wants us to talk to him as to a friend or father - authentically, reverently, personally, earnestly.

Our conduct will never change God's character.

There is nothing like the local church when the local church is working right.

The grander the vision the greater the price tag.

The best gift you can give a human being is an introduction to a God who loves them.

This is the only leadership life I get, my one and only shot at following God the way I feel him prompting me to do so. This isn't some pre-game warm-up. It's the game, and the clock is ticking!