Quotes about Stagnation

Of all the things a leader should fear, complacency heads the list.

the reason many of us get stuck in the six cages—the cage of responsibility, the cage of routine, the cage of assumptions, the cage of guilt, the cage of failure, and the cage of fear—is for one simple reason: We want God to do something new while we keep doing the same old thing.

One of the mistakes we make as parents and as leaders is this: we do everything within our power to create emotional and relational and spiritual biospheres. We avoid conflict. We mitigate risk. We minimize discomfort. We sidestep sacrifice. Then we wonder why people grow to a certain stature and stop. We wonder why leaders fall.

There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth.

That which is used - develops. That which is not used wastes away.

Without hard work, time itself becomes an ally of the primitive forces of social stagnation. So we must help time and realize that the time is always ripe to do right.

Many people are in a rut and a rut is nothing but a grave--with both ends kicked out.

The Dead Sea in the Middle East receives fresh water, but it has no outlet, so it doesn't pass the water out. It receives beautiful water from the rivers, and the water goes dank. I mean, it just goes bad. And that's why it is the Dead Sea. It receives and does not give. In the end generosity is the best way of becoming more, more, and more joyful.

What place would that be, a whole world without roads? It was a panicking thought. A world without roads! He would go nowhere in such a place. He would be trapped where he was, he would have lived out his life only where he was born.

But not making a decision is actually a decision. It's the decision to stay the same.

But not making a decision is actually a decision. It's the decision to stay the same. And staying the same when I know I need to change is a choice that carries consequences with it.

not making a decision is actually a decision. It's the decision to stay the same. And staying the same when I know I need to change is a choice that carries consequences with it.