Theodore Wilhelm Engstrom Quotes

Integrity is doing what you said you would do. It means you keep your promises.

Intergrity is not only teh way one thinks but even moer the way one acts.

Ultimately you are doing what you do for one of two reasons: to serve oneself or to serve God. There is enough time in every day to do God's work...in God's way.

Excellence demands that you be better than yourself.

The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory.”

A man tends to over-estimate what he can do in one year...and under-estimate what he can do in five.

Excellence is a process that should occupy all our days.

What do you want to get done? In what order of importance? Over what period of time? What is the time available? What is the best strategy for application of time to projects for the most effective results?

A smile breeds a smile.

We must expect to fail...but fail in a learning posture, determined no to repeat the mistakes, and to maximize the benefits from what is learned in the process.

A congregation that is not deeply and earnestly involved in the worldwide proclamation of the gospel does not understand the nature of salvation.

Somehow ungodly men have developed systems of organization which permit them to work together in states of relative harmony and unity, whereas godly men, refusing to admit that these organizational structures are needed, live in states of chaos and disunity. The tragedy of this fact becomes evident when we realize that many of the successful systems of organization under which the godly men work and which the godly men refuse to accept are biblically based.

Concentrate on the essentials. We will then be accomplishing the greatest possible results with the effort expended.

Though leadership may be hard to define, the one characteristic common to all leaders is the ability to make things happen.

There is enough time in every day to do God's work...in God's way.

Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the best utilization of our efforts.