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When taxi driver Al Gutierrez found six Final Four basketball tickets and $10,000 in cash in the back seat of his cab, he knew what he had to do. He made sure that the tickets and money he found Saturday afternoon got back to the owner in time for the games.
"The thought never even crossed my mind to take any of it," Gutierrez said. "Everyone I know is calling me a dummy for not taking it all, but I didn't want to. Besides, what kind of example would that set for my children?"
Source: Proclaim!, Spring 1999, p. 35.
"None preaches better than the ant, and she says nothing."
- Benjamin Franklin
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We "say" more through our disciplined actions than through our many words.
Source: - _Instant Quotation Dictionary_, p. 123.
According to the book THE DAY AMERICANS TOLD THE TRUTH the American public believes the four sleaziest ways of making a living are as
follows:
1. Drug dealer
2. Organized-crime boss
3. TV evangelist
4. Prostitute
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The mistakes of a few TV evangelist have soured the unsaved world on television preachers in general. We Christians must always be mindful of the example we are presenting to the world? Are we really living as "salt and light"?
Source: "The Day Americans Told the Truth"
Topics/Tags: Reputation; Influence; Integrity; Example
A minister was shaking a member's hand as he left the church.
"I'm really sorry to hear you'll be moving away," said the minister. "You've been excellent sermon material!"
Source: unknown
A minister came home from a disastrous Church Meeting, and sat down with his family to lunch. "I'm no good at anything!" he moaned. "I'm a complete failure!"
"Oh, don't say that," said his wife. "Everyone is good for SOMETHING - even if it's only to serve as a horrible example to others!"
Source: unknown
The Top 10 Leadership Principles of Jesus:
1. Leadership is servanthood
2. Let your purpose prioritize your life.
3. You must live the life before you can lead others.
4. Walk slowly through the crowd.
5. Replenish yourself.
6. Great leaders call for great commitment.
7. Show security and strength when handling tough times.
8. Lead on a higher level.
9. Choose your key people.
10. There is no success without a successor.
Source: John Maxwell
Topics/Tags: Leadership; Servanthood; Jesus, the christ; Example
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