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“QUOTES OF NOTE” about Change……by Robert Beike

1. “Watch out! You live in a sea of change. Never turn your back on the ocean or the currents of change.”—-Hans Finzel
2. “It is difficult to change organizations. It is like tending the garden. When you relax, the culture goes back to the weeds.”—Ichak Adizes
3. “The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from the old ones.” — John Maynard Keynes/Economist
4. “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
5. “The less I have to do with it, the less I like the idea.” — anonymous church member
6. “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
7. “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
8. “Blessed are the control freaks, for they shall inhibit the earth.” — Rev. Will B. Dunn in Kudzu comic strip
9. “Progress is often just a good idea away.” — John Maxwell
10. “The Holy Spirit has a way of moving a church beyond its comfort zone.” — Bill Easum
11. “Control is the sacred cow of established churches, and needs to be ground into gourmet hamburger.” — Bill Easum
12. “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” — Leo Tolstoy
13. “When your through changing, you’re through.” — Bruce Barton
14. “The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.” — Tacitus
15. “Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes
16. “There is a huge difference in being stretched and just getting bent out of shape. God wants to stretch you.” — R. Beike
17. “If it aint right shouldn’t we change it?”
18. “Practice the ‘baby philosophy’– if something stinks, change it.”
19. “(Leaders) have to architect the condition for right decisions to happen.” — Jim Collins
20. “42% of pastors reported that the church board was the #1 source of resistance to the turnaround plan.” — John C. Larue Jr.
21. “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
22. “You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.” — John Maxwell
23. “…be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self…” —- Apostle Paul
24. “New wine should be put into fresh wineskins.” — Jesus
25. “…we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet…” — Apostle Paul