The art of leadership begins in the heart: Call, Character, Conviction, and Competence (Jackson)

Vision is a picture of the future that produces passion in you (Hybels)

Arrange your life around your leadership gift. You will stand before the nail-pierced Savior and be asked, "What did you do with the gift I gave you?" (Hybels)

"Men will never cast off their dearest pleasures upon the dreary request of someone who doesn't ever seem to mean what he says" (Richard Baxter)

What do you cry about? (Burden), What do you sing about? (Joy), What do you dream about? (Hope) (Maxwell)

You have to be willing to lose some people... But make sure you lose the right ones. Don't lose somebody because you are poor in relationships, but lose them because you've got a big vision. A big vision fires up the committed, and fries the convicted. (Maxwell)

Every time a church doubles in size, half of the leadership becomes obsolete (Anderson)

"Vision and values are important because they focus the energy of people on what they are really in business for... there are two parts to leadership... one is the vision casting and the other is implementation" (Ken Blanchard)

Are you developing yourself? Your people? Your ministry?

A leader is like a hitter in baseball. Once he is up to bat, he swings, he looks, or he ducks.(Tom Mercer)

Here are the 4 key leadership skills for the future (from Jim Harrington, former DM at Union Baptist Association, Houston, TX):

• Personal Mastery (know gifts, calling, growing relationship with Christ)
• Developing Vision (seeing what God sees)
• Communicating Vision (life and vision alignment)
• Shepherding Pursuit of Vision (alignment of programs and vision)