Todd Mckeever > Todd's Quotes

“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
― Abraham Lincoln

“It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.”
― W.C. Fields

“[Orange] is one of God's favorite colors--- He stuck it right there between red and yellow as the second color in the rainbow. He decorates entire forests with shades of orange every autumn. It shows up in sunrises at the start of the day, sunsets at the end of the day, and in the glow of the moon at the right time of night.”
― Reggie Joiner, Think Orange: Imagine the Impact When Church and Family Collide...

“From the time they hit middle school, they start moving away from home. They are not doing anything wrong; it's just the way they are made. They are becoming independent, and they begin redefining themselves through the eyes other people who are not in their immediate family. The older they get, the more important it is to have other voices in their lies saying the same things but in a different way. ”
― Reggie Joiner, Think Orange: Imagine the Impact When Church and Family Collide...

“People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care”
― Theodore Roosevelt

“Seven Steps to Success
1) Make a commitment to grow daily.
2) Value the process more than events.
3) Don't wait for inspiration.
4) Be willing to sacrifice pleasure for opportunity.
5) Dream big.
6) Plan your priorities.
7) Give up to go up.”
― John C Maxwell

“Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.”
― John Maxwell

“There's a difference between interest
and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it
only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you
accept no excuses - only results.”
― Ken Blanchard

“The key to successful leadership is influence, not authority.”
― Ken Blanchard

“Each prayer is like a seed that gets planted in the ground. It disappears for a season, but it eventually bears fruit that blesses future generations. In fact, our prayers bear fruit forever.”
― Mark Batterson, Draw the Circle: The 40 Day Prayer Challenge

“Prayer adds an element of surprise to your life that is more fun than a surprise party or surprise gift or surprise romance. In fact, prayer turns life into a party, into a gift, into a romance.”
― Mark Batterson, Draw the Circle: The 40 Day Prayer Challenge

“If you're bored, one thing is for sure: You're not following in the footsteps of Christ.”
― Mark Batterson, In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day: How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars

“God is in the résumé-building business. He is always using past experiences to prepare us for future opportunities.”
― Mark Batterson, In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day: How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars

“Vision beyond your resources? Don't let fear dictate your decisions. If your vision is God-given, it will most definitely be beyond your ability and beyond your resources. The God who gives the vision is the same God who makes provision.”
― Mark Batterson, Draw the Circle: The 40 Day Prayer Challenge

“The Capacity of Your Team Will Determine the Potential Impact of Your Ministry”
― Tony Morgan, Take the Lid Off Your Church: 6 Steps to Building a Healthy Senior Leadership Team

“Leaders enlist others in a common vision by appealing to shared aspirations.”
― James M. Kouzes, Christian Reflections on The Leadership Challenge

“Change is not the enemy of what is sacred. Change is the champion of what is sacred.”
― Reggie Joiner, The Orange Leader Handbook: A Think Orange Companion

“you changed when the cost associated with not changing outweighed the price you had to pay to change. When it comes to our ministries, we tend to be slow to change because we underestimate what it will cost if we don’t change. It is possible for us to embrace a style of ministry that becomes outdated simply because it is easier to maintain instead of change.”
― Reggie Joiner, The Orange Leader Handbook: A Think Orange Companion

“We can’t maintain the pace unless we pray, study Scripture, and read heavy doses of the classical spiritual literature.”
― Gordon MacDonald, Building Below the Waterline: Shoring Up the Foundations of Leadership

“recognition that soul cultivation goes before institution building.”
― Gordon MacDonald, Building Below the Waterline: Shoring Up the Foundations of Leadership

“The forming of the soul that it might be a dwelling place for God is the primary work of the Christian leader.”
― Gordon MacDonald, Building Below the Waterline: Shoring Up the Foundations of Leadership

“As Tozer said in The Pursuit of God, “it is not what a man does that determines whether his work is sacred or secular, it is why he does it. The motive is everything.”
― Michael Zigarelli, The Minister's MBA: Essential Business Tools for Maximum Ministry Success