Explore Quotes by Dan B. Allender

Reconciliation is not to be withheld when repentance—that is, deep, heart‐changing acknowledgement of sin and a radical redirection of life—takes place in the one being rebuked. Nor is reconciliation to be extended to someone who has not repented.

Beginning with the first day of life outside the womb, every child is asking two core questions: 'Am I loved?' and 'Can I get my own way?' These two questions mark us throughout life, and the answers we receive set the course for how we live.

So take seriously the story that God has given you to live. It’s time to read your own life, because your story is the one that could set us all ablaze.

What originally led us to serve others by leading them seldom remains our North Star.

It is God's design to use reluctant servants to usher in glory.

A reluctant leader is highly suspicious of people who work to accumulate and hoard power.

In order to reclaim the joy and passion of leadership, we must walk the valley of the shadow of death and name the cost of leadership.

If you lead, you will eventually serve with Judas or Peter.

The more we walk the path first while becoming last and least in our organizations, the more we become like the Alpha and Omega whom we long to serve.

Idealism may get us into the fray, but it is the loss of all we cherish that begins to form in us a heart capable of leading others reluctantly and humbly.

To experience brokenness and humiliation all you have to do is lead.

For most leaders, humility comes only by wounds suffered from foolish falls.

Buzyness, however, is moral laziness because it involves refusing to live with courage and intentionality.

Courage never takes away fear; courage simply redistributes fear to get the job done.

Most people want to grow, but the price of growth is pain.

If you are a leader, it is not possible to be at peace with all and friends with everyone.

The more you openly name your struggles, the less people can use your silence as a back door to blackmail you, to sabotage your leadership, or to subvert relationships within the organization.

One of the best sources of perspective is enemies. If we can learn from them, then we can profit from anyone.

Grace. Loss. Fortune. Hardship. Victory. Sometimes the worst seat is best seat in the house and it comes as a result of leading.

You may obey a leader who has power and authority, but you will not strive to serve her or the cause of the organization unless you respect and care for her in addition to the ones with whom you serve.

A leader - whether in the home, church, business, community, or government - has authority due to her role, but her positional power will not bring about good for individuals or organizations unless it is backed up by the capital of character.