Howard G. Hendricks > Quotes

“As an effective teacher, you must not only know that which you would teach—that is, your content—but you must also know those whom you wish to teach.”
― Dr. Howard Hendricks, Teaching to Change Lives: Seven Proven Ways to Make Your Teaching Come Alive

“Eighty-five percent of spirituality is a good night's sleep.”
― Howard Hendricks

“The two factors that will influence you the most in the years ahead are the books you read and the people you’re around.”
― Howard Hendricks, Teaching to Change Lives: Seven Proven Ways to Make Your Teaching Come Alive

“The mark of spiritual maturity is not how much you understand, but how much you use. In the spiritual realm, the opposite of ignorance is not knowledge but obedience.”
― Howard G. Hendricks, Living By the Book: The Art and Science of Reading the Bible

“The miracle of the ministry is that God handpicked us to be his representatives to this generation.”
― Howard Hendricks, Teaching to Change Lives: Seven Proven Ways to Make Your Teaching Come Alive

“planted seeds—and you’re still reaping the harvest from them. Don’t ever get so hung up on a specific lesson that you forget this fact: Good teaching—and”
― Howard Hendricks, Teaching to Change Lives: Seven Proven Ways to Make Your Teaching Come Alive

“One of the great killers in Bible study is the statement, “I already know that.”
― Howard G. Hendricks, Living By the Book: The Art and Science of Reading the Bible

“God moves into our lives by divine design, to periodically disturb our equilibrium. That’s how he develops us.”
― Dr. Howard Hendricks, Teaching to Change Lives: Seven Proven Ways to Make Your Teaching Come Alive

“The true function of the teacher is to create the most favorable conditions for self-learning.… True teaching is not that which gives knowledge, but that which stimulates pupils to gain it.
One might say that he teaches best who teaches least. JOHN MILTON GREGORY”
― Howard G. Hendricks, Teaching to Change Lives: Seven Proven Ways to Make Your Teaching Come Alive

“The learner’s beginning point, the basic level where everyone starts, is unconscious incompetence—that is, you’re ignorant and you don’t know it. The next level is conscious incompetence—now you know you don’t know. How do you find out? Usually somebody tells you, but occasionally you discover it for yourself. The third level is conscious competence—you have learned something, as when you first got the hang of driving a car, and you’re consciously aware of it as you do it. The final level is unconscious competence—you’re so competent you don’t even think about it anymore: You get in your car, turn the ignition key, release the brake, operate the gear shift, and go through a whole series of coordinated activities without ever thinking about them. In fact, most of your time driving is spent thinking about something other than driving.”
― Howard G. Hendricks, Teaching to Change Lives: Seven Proven Ways to Make Your Teaching Come Alive

“art of teaching—and the difficulty of learning—is getting people to place themselves at the beginning of that cycle, to plunge to the bottom, so they can start the learning process.”
― Howard G. Hendricks, Teaching to Change Lives: Seven Proven Ways to Make Your Teaching Come Alive

“She had a way of changing a group’s dynamics. Her philosophy was, Let’s not bore each other with each other; let’s get into a discussion, and if we can’t find anything to discuss, let’s get into an argument.”
― Howard G. Hendricks, Teaching to Change Lives: Seven Proven Ways to Make Your Teaching Come Alive

“Every disciple needs three types of relationships in his life. He needs a 'Paul' who can mentor him and challenge him. He needs a 'Barnabas' who can come alongside and encourage him. And he needs a 'Timothy', someone that he can pour his life into.”
― Howard G. Hendricks