Phil Cooke quotes:

The most valuable commodity of the 21st century will be undivided attention.

By 1833 the largest publisher in America, Harper and Company, boasted one horse-powered printing press and seven hand presses while the American Bible Society owned 16 new state-of-the-art, steam-driven presses and 20 hand presses.

Ideas are the most fragile things in the world, and if you do not write them down, they will be lost forever.

Stop looking for the biggest crowd, and start looking for the right crowd.

Churches often confuse loyalty with competence.

Companies don't innovate, people do.

Culture is more important than vision. Some leaders have great vision, but have created a toxic culture where that vision will never happen.

God chose to introduce Himself to us in the first verse of Genesis as a Creator. And yet so few Christians really understand the power of creativity to influence the culture.

The most creative approach is often the simple approach.

Be ruthless in one important area: Yourself. Be ruthless about your commitment to Christ. Be ruthless about your intellectual growth. Be ruthless about finishing well. One of the biggest areas we should be ruthless about is our time. How much time do you spend complaining about your problems to people who can't help you solve them? How much time do you talk when you should be doing? When it comes to others, be gracious. But when it comes to you and your time, be ruthless.

People who achieve great things are people who make choices. Far too many people today let life dictate their future instead of the other way around. Choices are hard - that's why so few actually make them. But as the saying goes - not to make a choice is to make a choice. When it comes to choices, The question is - what choices will you make today? The world doesn't care about your problems, or what's holding you back. They don't care about your past failures, or any other obstacles you face. Stop making excuses and start making choices.

The single most effective way to get rid of rumor and speculation is to be transparent.

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