{"id":9726,"date":"2012-11-10T18:03:23","date_gmt":"2012-11-10T20:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/?p=9726"},"modified":"2012-11-10T18:03:23","modified_gmt":"2012-11-10T20:03:23","slug":"the-top-45-leadership-quotes-i-heard-the-week-of-november-5th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/2012\/11\/10\/the-top-45-leadership-quotes-i-heard-the-week-of-november-5th\/","title":{"rendered":"The Top 45 Leadership Quotes I Heard The Week Of November 5th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This past week I had the privilege of attending the <a title=\"RightNow Conference\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rightnowconferences.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">RightNow Conference<\/a> in Dallas, TX<\/strong>.\u00a0 I was asked to do live blogging from the event and experienced a firehose of leadership information.\u00a0 I definitely recommend that every pastor and church leader put this on your yearly list of events to attend.<\/p>\n<p>The following are the best leadership quotes I heard this week.\u00a0 To get each speaker&#8217;s full list of quotes, simply click on their names.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Scott Williams\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/scottwilliams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Scott Williams<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; author, blogger, consultant and runs the site <a title=\"Scott Williams\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bigisthenewsmall.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Big Is The New Small<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Obama campaign out-tweeted the Romney campaign 8-1.<\/li>\n<li>If it&#8217;s not consistent, it&#8217;s not of value.\u00a0 If it&#8217;s not of value, why are you doing it?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"26 Leadership Quotes From Tim Ross And Matt Carter \u2013 Live Notes From The RightNow Conference\" href=\"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/2012\/11\/07\/leadership-quotes-from-tim-ross-and-matt-carter-live-notes-from-the-rightnow-conference\/\"><strong>Tim Ross<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Associate Pastor at <a title=\"Gateway Church\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push([&#039;_trackEvent&#039;,&#039;outbound-article&#039;,&#039;http:\/\/www.gatewaypeople.com&#039;]);\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gatewaypeople.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Gateway Church<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Holy Spirit does not give ambition. The Holy Spirit gives a burden.<\/li>\n<li>Good things are one \u201dOh\u201d too many from being a God-thing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"26 Leadership Quotes From Tim Ross And Matt Carter \u2013 Live Notes From The RightNow Conference\" href=\"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/2012\/11\/07\/leadership-quotes-from-tim-ross-and-matt-carter-live-notes-from-the-rightnow-conference\/\"><strong>Matt Carter<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Pastor of Preaching and Vision at <a title=\"Austin Stone Church\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push([&#039;_trackEvent&#039;,&#039;outbound-article&#039;,&#039;http:\/\/www.austinstone.org&#039;]);\" href=\"http:\/\/www.austinstone.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Austin Stone Church<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When we aimed at community we did not get mission. When we aimed as mission we got mission and community.<\/li>\n<li>Are people confessing and repenting and being restored from their sin?\u00a0 The religious community runs from sin and church when they sin because they fear the wrath of the church more than they fear the wrath of God.<\/li>\n<li>If Jesus is not the center of your church, He says, \u201cI am removing my manifest presence from your church.\u201d The last thing I want to do is pastor a church that does not have the presence of Jesus.<\/li>\n<li>If you love your mission more than your Savior, He will not be part of your mission.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"44 Leadership Quotes From Jen Hatmaker and Todd Wagner \u2013 Live Notes From The RightNow Conference\" href=\"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/2012\/11\/07\/21-leadership-quotes-from-jen-hatmaker-and-todd-wager-live-notes-from-the-rightnow-conference\/\"><strong>Jen Hatmaker<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8211; conference speaker, blogger, and author<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We were simply serving saved people in a city that is completely lost. (Austin, TX is 93% unchurched).<\/li>\n<li>We had a \u201ccome-to-us\u201d paradigm in a city where no one was coming to us.<\/li>\n<li>We were blessing blessed people.<\/li>\n<li>Only Christians want a church with 49 programs.<\/li>\n<li>The church has a limited amount of resources. If saved people consume them all, we have nothing more missional activity.<\/li>\n<li>Heaps of well-spoken theology only impresses Christians who are in to that sort of thing.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>We are nothing if not disciples first. We do not get to shirk that responsibility because we wear the \u201cChristian hat\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>To tell a better story we are going to have to live a better story and be watched first.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"44 Leadership Quotes From Jen Hatmaker and Todd Wagner \u2013 Live Notes From The RightNow Conference\" href=\"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/2012\/11\/07\/21-leadership-quotes-from-jen-hatmaker-and-todd-wager-live-notes-from-the-rightnow-conference\/\"><strong>Todd Wagner<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Senior Pastor of <a title=\"Watermark Community Church\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push([&#039;_trackEvent&#039;,&#039;outbound-article&#039;,&#039;http:\/\/www.watermark.org&#039;]);\" href=\"http:\/\/www.watermark.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Watermark Community Church<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All of life is a leadership test. The reward of faithful service is the opportunity to serve more.<\/li>\n<li>Some of us are called to have well-done ministries that the world may never know about except Him.<\/li>\n<li>You cannot keep selling something you are not convinced you (personally) need to buy.<\/li>\n<li>Just because I\u2019m a pastor doesn\u2019t mean I still can\u2019t be a Christian.<\/li>\n<li>The greatest evil in this country is that which God has called salt and light and to dispel darkness is not doing our job.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"38 Leadership Quotes From J.D. Greear \u2013 Live Notes From The RightNow Conference\" href=\"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/2012\/11\/08\/38-leadership-quotes-from-j-d-greear-live-notes-from-the-rightnow-conference\/\"><strong>J.D. Greear<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Senior Pastor of <a title=\"Summit Church\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push([&#039;_trackEvent&#039;,&#039;outbound-article&#039;,&#039;http:\/\/www.summitrdu.com&#039;]);\" href=\"http:\/\/www.summitrdu.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">The Summit Church<\/a> in Raleigh-Durham<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our prayer changed from \u201cGod, let us grow a great big church\u201d to \u201cGod, let us bless those in our city\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>39 out of 40 of the miracles in the Book of Acts happened outside the church.<\/li>\n<li>When I became a pastor I left the ministry because I took a backseat to those who perform the 39 of 40 miracles that happened outside the church.<\/li>\n<li>Our business people can get the gospel into places we can never dream of.<\/li>\n<li>The 10\/40 Window is door they (business leaders) are invited to walk through.<\/li>\n<li>Mega churches are fighting over a rapidly shrinking pie.\u00a0 We need a bigger pie.<\/li>\n<li>Most church leaders are more worried about recruiting volunteers rather than training leaders.<\/li>\n<li>The best ministry ideas come from the congregation, not the offices of the church.<\/li>\n<li>College students travel in herds\u2026In two weeks our attendance tripled and our offering went up $13.48.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"36 Leadership Quotes From Tara Russell And Dave Ramsey \u2013 Live Notes From The RightNow Conference\" href=\"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/2012\/11\/08\/36-leadership-quotes-from-tara-russell-and-dave-ramsey-live-notes-from-the-rightnow-conference\/\"><strong>\u00a0Tara Russell<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8211; CEO and Founder of <a title=\"Create Common Good\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push([&#039;_trackEvent&#039;,&#039;outbound-article&#039;,&#039;http:\/\/www.createcommongood.org&#039;]);\" href=\"http:\/\/www.createcommongood.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Create Common Good<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When you work with women in prostitution your work never ends\u2026It\u2019s a constant churn.<\/li>\n<li>The more people you manage the less you care about people.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"36 Leadership Quotes From Tara Russell And Dave Ramsey \u2013 Live Notes From The RightNow Conference\" href=\"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/2012\/11\/08\/36-leadership-quotes-from-tara-russell-and-dave-ramsey-live-notes-from-the-rightnow-conference\/\"><strong>\u00a0Dave Ramsey<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0author, radio personality, and creator of Financial Peace University<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thoroughbreds don\u2019t run with donkeys. They run with other thoroughbreds.<\/li>\n<li>Chaos is always around excellence. Creativity does not happen in controlled environments.<\/li>\n<li>If they can\u2019t live on what you pay, you are going to have bitterness and problems.<\/li>\n<li>We have a no tolerance policy for gossip. I will warn you once and then set you free\u2026If we have problems in our organization it\u2019s probably why you\u2019re there. It probably means you\u2019re there to fix it\u2026I don\u2019t understand why people pee in their cereal and wonder why it tastes bad.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a title=\"24 Leadership Quotes From Dr. Eric Mason \u2013 Live Notes From The RightNow Conference\" href=\"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/2012\/11\/09\/24-leadership-quotes-from-dr-eric-mason-live-notes-from-the-rightnow-conference\/\">Eric Mason<\/a>\u00a0-Lead Pastor of <a title=\"Epiphany Fellowship\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push([&#039;_trackEvent&#039;,&#039;outbound-article&#039;,&#039;http:\/\/www.epiphanyfellowship.org&#039;]);\" href=\"http:\/\/www.epiphanyfellowship.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Epiphany Fellowship<\/a> in Philadelphia<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>As parents we often look at the sinfulness of our children\u2019s sin but now our own.<\/li>\n<li>A deeply repentant person knows the collateral damage their sin caused to those around them.<\/li>\n<li>As men we tend to want people to just get over it\u2026Instead of flowers we need to give the gift of repentance.<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s wonderful to have a friend who doesn\u2019t judge the mess, but helps us clean it up. That\u2019s what Jesus does.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"28 Leadership Quotes From Afshin Ziafat and Bill McCartney \u2013 Live Notes From The RightNow Conference\" href=\"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/2012\/11\/09\/28-leadership-quotes-from-afshin-ziafat-and-bill-mccartney-live-notes-from-the-rightnow-conference\/\"><strong>Afshin\u00a0Ziafat<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Lead Pastor of Providence Church in Frisco, TX<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In America a book called <em>Radical<\/em> would be called <em>Normal<\/em> in the scriptures. It\u2019s only called <em>Radical<\/em>because we live in America.<\/li>\n<li>When the tough times come, that is when your faith will most reveal itself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"28 Leadership Quotes From Afshin Ziafat and Bill McCartney \u2013 Live Notes From The RightNow Conference\" href=\"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/2012\/11\/09\/28-leadership-quotes-from-afshin-ziafat-and-bill-mccartney-live-notes-from-the-rightnow-conference\/\"><strong>Bill McCartney<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8211; former head football coach of the Colorado Buffaloes and Founder of Promise Keepers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The strongest form of motivation is encouragement.<\/li>\n<li>Mom comes to faith there is a 19% chance the family will come to faith. Dad comes to faith there is a 93% chance the family will come to faith.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Allen White\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/allenwhite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Allen White<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Facebook is the 3rd largest nation on the earth.China, India &amp; then Facebook.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you liked the quotes, subscribe <a title=\"Subscription Form\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push([&#039;_trackEvent&#039;,&#039;outbound-article&#039;,&#039;http:\/\/briandoddonleadership.us4.list-manage1.com&#039;]);\" href=\"http:\/\/briandoddonleadership.us4.list-manage1.com\/subscribe?u=8cf82b4fe8b977ced00f17537&amp;id=deea5837f2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">here<\/a> so future posts can be sent directly to your Inbox. 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