209 Quotes by Bill Hybels

If it’s the last thing I do, I will give every ounce of the rest of my life to helping leaders and churches get better.

God’s preferred state for humankind is that we live free from fear, experiencing shalom, or peace. From Genesis to Revelation, Scripture is packed with references that emphasize God’s desire for a fear-free, peace-filled world.

The heart and soul of the Christian life is learning to hear God’s voice and then developing the courage to do what he asks us to do.

Simplified living is about more than doing less. It’s being who God called us to be, with a wholehearted, single-minded focus. It’s walking away from innumerable lesser opportunities in favor of the few to which we’ve been called and for which we’ve been created.

It’s a huge responsibility to have influence and to steward it in a way that leads to God-honoring leadership.

It’s not the things I don’t understand about the Bible that bother me; it’s the things I understand with perfect clarity and don’t comply with that keep me up at night.

You don’t have to be any more talented, any richer, any slimmer, any smarter, any more or less of anything to partner with God. All you have to be is willing to be used by him in everyday way.

Delayed gratification is important first and foremost in training children.

Our minds, like the needle in that compass, can focus on a variety of subjects throughout the day. But in the end, when they’re left alone to settle, they’ll focus on the objects of our greatest affection.