Takeaways from Catalyst 2012 – My Favorites


“The gift that is on you will destroy you if what is in you cannot sustain you.” @ChristineCaine

“If God puts you somewhere, you are His responsibility. If you put yourself somewhere, you’re on your own.” — @ChristineCaine

“God often prompts action but gives no details. If he did we probably wouldn’t act.” #Catalyst

“God will never be handcuffed by your failures or unleashed by your success” #Catalyst

“We can’t make people fall in love with Jesus, but we can set up the first date!”- @andystanley

“At the end of the day, it’s not what we do but why we do it that matters.” Simon Sinek

“We can’t, God can, rest in that.”- @MattChandler74

“This job is not better than Jesus.” Matt Chandler

“God works in the mess.” Matt Chandler

“Don’t worry when you’re being criticized, worry when you’re not.” Craig Groeschel

“Anything new you do will be met with resistance.”- @craiggroeschel

“If you’re not ready to face opposition for your obedience to God, you’re not ready to be used by God.”- @craiggroeschel

“If you’re not leading with uncertainty once in awhile you’re not leading by faith” #craiggroeschel

“To go toward your destiny you have to step away from your security.” Craig Groeschel

“Your talent will open the door but only your character can keep you there.”- @ChristineCaine

“Nothing will kill you quicker than a spotlight.” Christine Caine

“Jesus said Go and make disciples and we just stay and make excuses.” Francis Chan

“We can’t make progress without embracing the process of leadership and that process is sometimes painful.” Perry Noble

“Pastors: We get paid to do what others have traditionally given their lives to do.” @perrynoble

“You will reproduce who you are, not what you say.” @christinecaine

“We need to stop saying World, discover me, and start saying God, develop me!- @PerryNoble

“No really means next opportunity.”- @MarkBurnettTV

“If you have to be certain of everything, nothing will ever happen” Mark Burnett

“There is only one love language, it is DIE. Die to self.” Christine Caine

“The biggest problem we have is the profound absence of hope.”- Bryan Stevenson

“Leaders who will not hold people accountable = Wus” @patlencoini#catalyst

“If you do not have a cohesive leadership team, you organization will never be healthy.” Pat Lencoini

“Great people rarely leave healthy organizations.” Pat Lencoini

“A leader is someone who leaves the known for the unknown.” –@andystanley

“It’s better to make a difference, than to make a point.”-@AndyStanley

“Leaders are made one response at a time.” #catalyst

“God gets more mileage out of adversity than anything else.” andystanley

“As Christians we don’t avoid the messes, we walk toward the messes”.#catalyst

“Your greatest thing as a leader may not be what u do as a leader but who watches u do what u do as a leader.” #catalyst Andy Stanley

“Make your life a story worth telling.” #catalyst

“It is not opportunity, adversity, or calling that makes u a leader. It is your response to these things that make u a leader.” Andy Stanley

“Don’t waste your life trying to be cool. When you get there the line moves.” #catalyst

“Improving yourself is the best way to improve your team.”

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