Howard G. Hendricks Quotes.
The measure of you as a leader is not what you do, but what others do because of what you do.
Show me a man’s closest companions and I can make a fairly accurate guess as to what sort of man he is, as well as what sort of man he is likely to become.
If we stop learning today, we stop teaching tomorrow.
Teaching that impacts is not head to head, but heart to heart.
The will of God is found in the Word of God. The more a person grows, the more he begins to think instinctively and habitually from a divine perspective.
You are either in the Word and the Word is conforming you to the image of Jesus Christ, or you are in the world and the world is squeezing you into its mold.
How big is your God? The size of your God determines the size of everything.
If you are not thinking correctly, you are not living correctly. What you believe will determine how you behave.
You are free to make choices. You are not free to escape the consequences.
My great concern for you in life is not that you will fail, but that you will succeed in doing the wrong things.
If you leave the church service thinking about how good the pastor was, he has missed the mark. If you leave consumed with Christ, the pastor has been used by the Lord.
The moment you come to a passage of scripture and say, “Oh, I know this one already,” you’re in deep trouble.
People tell me they want to make the Bible relevant. Nonsense. The Bible’s already relevant. You’re the one that’s irrelevant!
The Bible was written not to satisfy your curiosity but to help you conform to Christ’s image. Not to make you a smarter sinner but to make you like the Saviour. Not to fill your head with a collection of biblicalfacts but to transform your life.
Experience is not the best teacher; evaluated experience is.
The goal is not to make you a smarter sinner but to make you like the Savior.
You teach what you know, but you reproduce what you are.
You can impress from a distance, but you can only impact up close.
A belief is something you will argue about. A conviction is something you will die for.
When God measures a man he puts the tape around the heart, not the head.
It is not about where you are but in what direction you’re moving. God is into character, not credentials.
If your religion does not work at home, don’t export it.