“QUOTES OF NOTE” about Change……by Robert Beike
- “Watch out! You live in a sea of change. Never turn your back on the ocean or the currents of change.”—-Hans Finzel
- “It is difficult to change organizations. It is like tending the garden. When you relax, the culture goes back to the weeds.”—Ichak Adizes
- “The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from the old ones.” — John Maynard Keynes/Economist
- “A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man’s brow.” — Charlie Brower
- “The less I have to do with it, the less I like the idea.” — anonymous church member
- “We live in a weather map kind of world. It’s constantly changing. Be prepared for the change, or be prepared for the consequences.” — R. Beike
- “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” — Alvin Toffler
- “Blessed are the control freaks, for they shall inhibit the earth.” — Rev. Will B. Dunn in Kudzu comic strip
- “Progress is often just a good idea away.” — John Maxwell
- “The Holy Spirit has a way of moving a church beyond its comfort zone.” — Bill Easum
- “Control is the sacred cow of established churches, and needs to be ground into gourmet hamburger.” — Bill Easum
- “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” — Leo Tolstoy
- “When your through changing, you’re through.” — Bruce Barton
- “The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.” — Tacitus
- “Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes
- “There is a huge difference in being stretched and just getting bent out of shape. God wants to stretch you.” — R. Beike
- “If it aint right shouldn’t we change it?”
- “Practice the ‘baby philosophy’– if something stinks, change it.”
- “(Leaders) have to architect the condition for right decisions to happen.” — Jim Collins
- “42% of pastors reported that the church board was the #1 source of resistance to the turnaround plan.” — John C. Larue Jr.
- “A church can become so rigid that it becomes brittle, resulting in chunks breaking off whenever there are attempts at alterations. Change requires malleability.” — R. Beike
- “You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.” — John Maxwell
- “…be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self…” —- Apostle Paul
- “New wine should be put into fresh wineskins.” — Jesus
- “…we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet…” — Apostle Paul
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