leadership

You can unlock spiritual things only from within.

He keeps his voice kindly but remote. A cross between a pedagogue, soothsayer, and a benevolent uncle _ that should be his tone.

A saint or monk can afford to be compassionate to all, but a leader or boss cannot always be kind. He may soon be without a job himself if he is unduly compassionate, and chances are, no one would show him any compassion then.

O my brave Almighty Human, with the ever-effulgent flow of courage, conscience and compassion, turn yourself into a vivacious humanizer, and start walking with bold footsteps while eliminating racism, terminating misogyny, destroying homophobia and all other primitiveness that have turned humanity into the most inhuman species on earth.

Mostly we think of people with great authority as higher up, far away, hard to reach. But spiritual authority comes from compassion and emerges from deep inner solidarity with those who are 'subject' to authority. The one who is fully like us, who deeply understands our joys and pains or hopes and desires, and who is willing and able to walk with us, that is the one to whom we gladly give authority and whose 'subjects' we are willing to be.It is the compassionate authority that empowers, encourages, calls forth hidden gifts, and enables great things to happen. True spiritual authorities are located in the point of an upside-down triangle, supporting and holding into the light everyone they offer their leadership to.

Being a leader is not about finding ways to get others to serve you, but knowing how to serve your followers.

Patience is not a natural gift of a leader, it is a learned one. The more you broaden your awareness, understanding, and compassion, the better results you will get out of your people.

I'd always follow Nixon's orders, but you can't order somebody to be happy.

Never embarrass a student in front of others. Embarrass yourself often to relieve the tension, but do not paint them into a corner.

I work to make human beings out of human bodies. I work to make conscience out of mindlessness. I work to make Gods out of obedient worshippers.

The agony of defeat is always greater than the pain of preparing for victory.

Champions realise that defeat - and learning from it even more than from winning - is part of the path to mastery.

The road to success begins with knowing what you need to know and why

Always assume your assumptions about others are wrong. Because often, they are

God is the leader of your team. As you follow Him with all your heart, you will be leading your team in Jesus_ steps.

He (Peter) doesn't know if he's looking into the eyes of a madman, or the eyes of a King.

No institutional arrangement will ever contain all that they church is. Don't look for it institutionally; look for it relationally. Certainly the New Testament talks about the priorities of that church -- Jesus as its sole head and focus, daily encouragement among believers, plural and lateral leadership, open participation, and an environment of freedom so people can grow in him.

Jesus modeled true leadership as both personal and hospitable.