Max Lucado Quotes

To be a minister means above all to become powerless, or in more precise terms, to speak with our powerlessness to the condition of powerlessness which is so keenly felt but so seldom expressed by the people of our age.

I'm a reverend and a pastor. A pastor of the church. I go by usually pastor.

I am a preacher. I'm involved in many other things, but, mainly, I preach. And I love it!

A leader must be a good listener. He must be willing to take counsel. He must show a genuine concern and love for those under his stewardship.

I'm eternally grateful to fate and the citizens of Russia that they've trusted me to be the head of the Russian government.

The great irony of management is that the higher up you go, the less actual control you have. When you are but a humble coder, you make the computer do exactly what you want; when you're a manager, you only hope that people understand what you want, and then trust/pray that they do it both correctly and in a timely manner.

The best sermon is preached by the minister who has a sermon to preach and not by the man who has to preach a sermon.

I take my role seriously as a pastor.

My father was a no-nonsense, dedicated, and focused minister, and there was usually a sermon he needed to prepare for or a Scripture he needed to study, and that always came first.

I am very much looking forward to being a parish priest.

Being a pastor is pressure because we have to counsel people.

I am learning how to delegate and how to empower people.

I'm not only a Christian, but I'm a pastor of a church.

Eighteen years ago, the Holy Spirit led me to establish a church in the heart of Times Square.

I have never had demands on me as acute as when I was a parish priest.

Even when I was Archbishop of Wales and working with new bishops, I used to say, not realising quite how true it was, 'One of the things you will do as a bishop is disappoint people'.

It isn't worth trying to lead if your people won't follow.

All power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise.

Leadership is having the trust of the people are trying to lead.

At the heart of leadership is the leader's relationship with followers. People will entrust their hopes and dreams to another person only if they think the other is a reliable vessel.

How do you govern by captaining the ship? How do you win without the trust of the crew?

A captain has to be able to look a player in the eye before he starts his run-up or goes out to bat.

I wanted to be a pastor. I was going to be a youth pastor. I mean, I play guitar; I like to make people laugh.

As a goalkeeper, you feel like if you're treated like adults and have your position explained to you, you respect that. You might not agree with it, but you get on with it.

A good pastor knows when they can't put two sentences together.