Bill Hybels Quotes (16 Quotes)

Dignity does not float down from heaven it cannot be purchased nor manufactured. It is a reward reserved for those who labor with diligence.

Thirty years ago, we were in a movie theater and thought it was so cool because we were finally delivered from the horrors of stained glass and wooden pews.

The real deal is always going to win in the end.

Those churches have closed down or have been merged with a church that has a more positive vision.

I look at tens of thousands of church leaders who still do need a bit of an awakening.

The local church is the hope of the world, and its future rests primarily in the hands of its leaders.

These guys get it when it comes to talking about pornography in a way people can relate to,

More than anything, people want the reality of the discussion at hand. If what is going on in that building is the real thing, if the transforming love and power of Jesus Christ is being experienced, you can sit on a metal folding chair or in a plush theater seat.

Ten years ago, 15 years ago, I think the church would have been asleep at the switch. This level of activism and engagement with the needs of society by local churches I never thought I'd see it in my lifetime.

Visionary people face the same problems everyone else faces; but rather than get paralyzed by their problems, visionaries immediately commit themselves to finding a solution.

He's dangerous because when God talks to him Bob will do whatever God asks him to do at great cost, even if no one agrees, if it's contrary to the way the stream is going, if Bob feels God is in it he will do it.

It takes a great deal of courage to follow another person's lead.

I hate thinking about it, teaching about it, and writing about it. But the plain truth is that hell is real and real people go there for eternity.

The freedom of authentic masculinity is an amazing thing to see. It produces a divine elasticity in men. Finally they can lead with firmness, then submit with humility. They can challenge with a cutting edge, then encourage with enthusiasm. They can fight aggressively for just causes, then moments later weep over suffering.

For someone to actually change the understanding of language with this whole idea of halftime is just a testimony to how God has used this guy.

God wants to father all of us until we're dead sure of his approval, his guiding power and his promise of heaven.