Leadership Discernment Quotes & Sayings

Recent presidents have gone off on ad hoc adventures. They have set unattainable goal because they have framed the issue incorrectly, as they believed their own rhetoric. — George Friedman

It's remarkable how very many things there are that a king may not do. — Geraldine Brooks

It's too late to leave the future to the futurists. — Sherry Turkle

House speaker Thomas read could see the trend, but he could not have changed himself. — Barbara W. Tuchman

Our best-laid plans are often our worst-made decisions. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Too often pastors address problems from within the flawed assumptions of their culture and training. Unable to see how problems are forming, and how their leadership is often a cause, church leaders employ legalistic or democratic remedies to issues that require Spirit-directed discernment, repentance, and forgiveness. Meanwhile, leaders have to deal with members who, as noted above, insist on rights and want to "vote" instead of submit. — Jim Van Yperen

The word of wisdom is missing," he continued. "We need the gift of discernment again in our pulpits. It is not ability to predict that we need, but the anointed eye, the power of spiritual penetration and interpretation, the ability to appraise the religious scene as viewed from God's position, and to tell us what is actually going on — A.W. Tozer