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.
"Concentrating on the essentials. We will then be accomplishing the greatest possible results with the effort expended."- Ted W. Engstrom
“The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.”
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily.”
“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.”
“A leader is not an administrator who loves to run things. A leader is a person who runs things by leading people.”
“A leader is not someone who tells people what to do. A leader is someone who shows people what to do.”
“The true test of leadership is not whether people follow you, but whether they follow you willingly.”
“There are two kinds of people in this world: those who want to know, and those who want to believe.”
“Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn’t blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won’t cheat, then you know he never will.”
“The real test of integrity is not what you do when people are watching, but what you do when they’re not.”
“One of the hardest things in life to do is to walk away from something you really want, because you know it isn’t good for you.”
“Integrity is the quality that gives you the courage to do the right thing, even when no one is watching.”
“I am thankful for a lawn that needs mowing, windows that need cleaning and gutters that need fixing because it means I have a home…. I am thankful for the piles of laundry and ironing because it means my loved ones are nearby.”
“Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment that open the door to success.”
“What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight – it’s the size of the fight in the dog.”
“There are two kinds of values in life: Those that lead to success and those that lead to happiness.”
“The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and the unknown, who is unafraid of failure, will succeed.”
“Time is the most precious commodity anyone has. And yet, most people waste it without a thought.”
“Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.”
“If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.”
“People who achieve success generally do so because they are willing to work hard and make sacrifices.”
“Most people give up just when they’re about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game, one foot from a winning touchdown.”
“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.”
“The local church is the most complicated and sophisticated organism in the world. It is one thing to lead a group of people who depend upon the organization for livelihood. It is quite another to motivate a group when 99 percent are volunteers”
“To be filled with the Spirit is to be controlled by the SpiritSpirit – intellect, emotions, will, and body. All become available to Him for achieving the purposes of God.”
“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 the organization under which the godly men work and which the godly men refuse to accept are biblically based“
“Evaluate a mentoree’s progress constantly.”
“The Christian leader never equates mediocrity with the things of God, but is always committed to the pursuit of excellence.”
“The concept of a leader…means one who guides activities of others and who himself acts and performs to bring those activities about. He is capable of performing acts which will guide a group in achieving objectives. He takes the capacities of vision and faith, he has the ability to be concerned and to comprehend, exercises action through effective and personal influence in the direction of an enterprise and the development of the potential into practical and/or profitable means.“
“Christian Leadership is motivated by love and given over to service. It is Leadership that has been subjected to the control of our Lord Jesus Christ and His example. In the best Christian leaders are expressed to the utmost all those attributes of selfless dedication, courage, decisiveness, and persuasiveness that mark great Leadership.”
“To achieve, the leader must set goals To set goals, he must make decisions. To reach goals, he must plan. To plan, he must analyze. To analyze, he must implement. To implement, he must organize. To organize, he must delegate. To delegate, he must administrate. To administrate, he must communicate. To communicate, he must motivate. To motivate, he must share. To share, he must care. To care, he must believe. To believe, he must set goals that inspire belief and the desire to achieve.”
Ted Engerstrom Quotes & Saying {Images}
