Top 244 Quotes & Sayings by Myles Munroe - Page 2

Leadership is the capacity to influence others through inspiration motivated by passion, generated by vision, produced by a conviction, ignited by a purpose.

The third basic need of a male in a relationship is an attractive woman; for a woman, honesty and openness.

Most people die at age 25 and are buried at age 65.

A wedding is and event, but marriage is a life.

Healthy relationships should always begin at the spiritual and intellectual levels - the levels of purpose, motivation, interests, dreams,and personality.

We are not to be so concerned about who approves or disapproves of us, but remember that God's approval is what counts. Those whom God approves are approved indeed.

Don’t ever make the mistake of telling God that you have nothing to offer. That simply is not true. God does not create any junk.

The shortest distance to leadership is service.

Don't be a pigeon if you were born to be an eagle. Experience God's altitude for your life.

No matter how good or bad we may feel, no matter how up or down we may be, Christ loves us, accepts us, and thinks the world of us.

When you discover your gift and authority, that gift attracts people. When people come to you, they are not really coming to you for you but for the gift and the vision that you are serving the humanity of your generation with.

Your faith is only as strong as the test it survives

The poorest person on earth is the person without faith.

The poorest man in the world is the man without a dream.The most frustrated man in the world is the man with a dream that never becomes reality.

The value of life is not in its duration, but in its donation.

Young people all over the world are very frustrated. They are very disillusioned. Many of them are turning their back on religion. They are walking away from the faith of their parents, and most of this is because religion has failed them.

If you are aware that people are coming to you to receive your gift and not necessarily to you as the person, it keeps you very humble. Many people make the mistake of confusing the attraction of people to their lives as something that has to do with them as a person or a personality, and this is very dangerous and not true.

I’m washed, I’m forgiven, I’m whole, and I’m healed. I’m cleansed and I’m glory bound. I am only a sojourner on the earth. I am but a pilgrim on this planet, on my way to perfection, and I don’t need anybody to tell me who I am, because I know who I am. I am a child of the King, a son (or daughter) of God, born again through Jesus Christ, bought with the price of His blood. I am a new creation, totally new, thoroughly loved and completely accepted as a child of my Father, precious in His sight.

The greatest enemy of progress is your last success, you could become so proud of what you've already accomplished that you stop moving ahead to what you can still accomplish

Your value in life is determined by the problems you solve through your gift.

We need people to be taught that they possess a hidden leader on the inside, and to reconnect to that leader, they must reconnect to the Creator who placed that leadership potential in them. They must be reconnected to God, and this is why we should come back to God not really to go to heaven, but to rediscover our true leadership dominion mandate, and then serve that to the world.

Circumstances and crises are God's tools to move you into your purpose and the maximizing of your potential.

Marital faithfulness involves more than just sexual fidelity. Being faithful to your wife also means defending her and affirming her beauty, intelligence, and integrity at all times, particularly before other people. Faithfulness to your husband means sticking up for him, always building him up and never tearing him down. Marital fidelity means that your spouse’s health, happiness, security, and welfare take a higher place in your life than anything else except your own relationship with the Lord.

Democracy without God is mans worship and elevation of himself and his own intelligence or humanism, where man becomes his own measure for morality, judgment, and justice.

We live our lives based on who we think we are.

I discovered that success has very little to do with education or race or disposition; it has more to do with principles and following those principles.

You need to treat your finances as a resource God has provided to fulfill your vision, not a tool to fill your life with luxuries

Failure is not the absence of success. Failure is the neglect of trying.

Learning comes from education, while knowing comes from revelation. Learning is cognitive, while knowing is spiritual.

For a woman, language spoken is an expression of what she is feeling. For a man, language spoken is an expression of what he is thinking. A woman says what is on her heart while a man says what is on his mind.

Whatever you compromise to gain, you will lose.

The graveyard is the richest place on the surface of the earth because there you will see the books that were not published, ideas that were not harnessed, songs that were not sung, and drama pieces that were never acted.

The secret to greatness is in serving everyone else.

Failure is predictable if you break laws, success is predictable if you obey laws. I discovered and learned that truth when I was 14 years old. Not everyone discovers that. Some people take a lifetime to learn that.

The greatest failure in life is being successful in the wrong assignment.

When we evaluate the rightness or wrongness of actions or behavior, we need to ask ourselves if that behavior will edify—build up—ourselves or someone else, or if it will tear down. The question is not what we can get away with, but what is healthy and edifying. When it is all said and done, are we edified spiritually? Have we been built up and strengthened in our relationship with the Lord or with our spouse, or have we been weakened? Do we come away encouraged or discouraged, confident or filled with a sense of guilt or shame? Is our conscience clean?

The husband provides direction; the wife, maintenance.

Keep your head and your heart going in the right direction, and you will not have to worry about your feet.

Leadership is not about control but service. Its not about power but empowerment

Most of us are not leaders today because, in our hearts we don't believe that is who we are.

There is nothing more powerful as attitude.

You must decide if you are going to rob the world or bless it with the rich, valuable, potent, untapped resources locked away within you.

Love in marriage is more than just a feeling or an emotion; it is a choice.

Attitude creates your world and designs your destiny.

If we are focusing on our needs, the relationship is in trouble.

A woman may be beautiful but have poor character. A man may be a business genius, making money left and right, but lack common courtesy, sensitivity, and compassion.

Purpose is when you know and understand what you were born to accomplish. Vision is when you see it in your mind and begin to imagine it

You are capable of much more than you are presently thinking, imagining, doing or being.

Vision is the Source and hope of life. The greatest gift ever given to mankind is not the gift of sight, but the gift of vision. Sight is a function of the eyes; vision is a function of the heart. ‘Eyes that look are common, but eyes that see are rare.’ Nothing noble or noteworthy on earth was ever done without vision.

People generally fall into one of three groups: the few who make things happen, the many who watch things happen, and the overwhelming majority who have no notion of what happens. Every person is either a creator of fact or a creature of circumstance. He either puts color into his environment, or, like a chameleon, takes color from his environment.

The highest manifestation of true leadership is to identify one’s replacement and to begin mentoring him or her.

Every human being was born with an inherent gift, and that gift is their gift to humanity; they are supposed to serve humanity in the area of their gifting.

We manifest character when self-sacrifice for the sake of our principles becomes more important than compromise for the sake of popularity.

Marriage is two imperfect people committing themselves to a perfect institution, by making perfect vows from imperfect lips before a perfect God.

We will never obtain God's kind of marriage simply by going along with the crowd, doing what everybody else does. We have to dig deep into the heart of God to discover His principles.

You are not saved for the sole purpose of going to heaven; you are saved to finish your assignment on earth

The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but a life without a purpose.

When purpose is not known, abuse is inevitable

God never demands anything that He does not provide for. Whatever God commands us to do, He equips us to do.

No amount of training in leadership skills, courses in management methods, power titles, promotions, or associations can substitute for the right attitudes.