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At the beginning, all we have is the vision. At that point God expects us to begin walking in obedience according to the dream He has given us.

At the beginning, all we have is the vision. At that point God expects us to begin walking in obedience according to the dream He has given us.

John C. Maxwell
Dream, Vision, Obedience
"Turning Vision Into Reality". Enrichment Interview, enrichmentjournal.ag.org. January 2000.

Find your vision, and let it guide you in all that you do. If you lack vision, look inside yourself. Draw on your natural gifts and desires.

John C. Maxwell
Vision, Desire, Looks
John C. Maxwell (2011). “The Maxwell Daily Reader: 365 Days of Insight to Develop the Leader Within You and Influence Those Around You”, p.25, Thomas Nelson Inc

All visions begin with relationships. My relationship with God is where I receive the vision; my relationship with my people is where I give the vision. If those relationships aren't what they could be or should be, on either side, the receiving or the giving out, the vision is going to be aborted.

John C. Maxwell
People, Giving, Vision
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Without a vision people and the church become self-centered. People start finding fault with one another and the church self-destructs.

John C. Maxwell
Self, People, Vision
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Failed plans should not be interpreted as a failed vision. Visions don't change, they are only refined. Plans rarely stay the same, and are scrapped or adjusted as needed. Be stubborn about the vision, but flexible with your plan.

John C. Maxwell
Leadership, Vision, Stubborn

Without a vision people in leadership positions perish. You not only lose your people, you lose the person who is in a leadership position - you lose it all.

John C. Maxwell
People, Vision, Position
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Hope is not strategy. Hope fits with vision, but we must have a strategy and a process to make our vision become a reality.

John C. Maxwell
Reality, Vision, Fit
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Don’t tell them what you’re going to do - that’s vision. Do what you are going to do – that’s culture.

John C. Maxwell
Vision, Culture

Discontent with the status quo is a great catalyst for vision.

John C. Maxwell
Vision, Catalyst, Status Quo
John C. Maxwell (1999). “Twenty One Indispensable Qualities of a Leader”, p.152, Thomas Nelson Inc

A lack of realism in the vision today costs credibility tomorrow.

John C. Maxwell
Leadership, Vision, Cost

You must find a way to get your vision seen, implemented, and contributed to by others.

John C. Maxwell
Leader, Vision, Way
John C. Maxwell (2012). “The Complete 101 Collection”, p.482, Harper Collins

If churches would take ownership of a vision, the next pastor who is thinking about coming to that church can see what their vision is and then determine if their vision fits with his or her ministry. If it doesn't, then it would be wrong for that pastor to come to that church.

John C. Maxwell
Thinking, Vision, Church
Source: enrichmentjournal.ag.org

Vision without passion is a picture without possibilities.

John C. Maxwell
Passion, Vision, Possibility
John C. Maxwell (2010). “Everyone Communicates, Few Connect: What the Most Effective People Do Differently”, p.212, Thomas Nelson Inc

If your vision doesn't cost you something, it's a daydream.

John C. Maxwell
Vision, Cost, Daydreaming
John C. Maxwell (2001). “The Power of Thinking Big”, p.26, David C Cook

Your teammates will stretch your vision or choke your dream.

John C. Maxwell
Dream, Vision, Teammate
John C. Maxwell (2002). “Teamwork Makes the Dream Work”, p.46, Thomas Nelson

Great visions are cast one on one.

John C. Maxwell
Vision, Casts, Great Vision
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Most pastors have a hard time grasping a vision. But vision is the indispensable quality of a leader.

John C. Maxwell
Hard Times, Leader, Vision
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When somebody tells you he or she is leading something, a fair question is, "What is your vision?"

John C. Maxwell
Vision, Fairs
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Churches whose members fight with one another have lost their vision for the lost.

John C. Maxwell
Fighting, Vision, Church
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Many pastors fail to see God's vision fulfilled because they never have a strategy for fulfilling that vision.

John C. Maxwell
Vision, Failing, Strategy
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Not everybody who has a vision is a leader, but every leader has a vision.

John C. Maxwell
Leader, Vision
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When the pastor and his or her church have a vision, they will put their energy, time, money, and personnel into achieving it.

John C. Maxwell
Past, Vision, Church
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Good leaders must communicate vision clearly, creatively, and continually. However, the vision doesn't come alive until the leader models it.

John C. Maxwell
Leadership, Vision, Alive

The success of a vision is determined by its ownership by both the leader and the people.

John C. Maxwell
People, Leader, Vision
John C. Maxwell (2001). “Developing the Leader Within You Workbook”, p.176, Thomas Nelson Inc

Vision is a picture of a desired future; a picture of something that I don't possess right now, but it is something I want to see and experience, and something I want the people I am leading to experience.

John C. Maxwell
People, Vision, Want
Source: enrichmentjournal.ag.org

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