Top 200 Craig Groeschel Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “The decisions you make today will determine the stories you tell tomorrow.”

— Craig Groeschel

2. “Passion creates motivation, which leads to innovation.”

— Craig Groeschel

3. “When you delegate tasks, you create followers. When you delegate authority, you create leaders.”

— Craig Groeschel

4. “Respect is EARNED but honor is GIVEN.”

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5. “What we value determines what we do.”

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6. “The key to success in any organization is identifying, developing, and empowering the right people.”

— Craig Groeschel

7. “You can have control. You can have growth. But, you can’t have both.”

— Craig Groeschel

8. “Get out of the boat. Face your fears. Fail. Learn. Adjust. Try again. And watch God do more than you can imagine.”

— Craig Groeschel

9. “We might impress people with our strengths, but we connect with people through our weaknesses.”

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10. “The pathway to your greatest potential is straight through your greatest fears!”

— Craig Groeschel

11. “Most of life’s battles are won or lost in the mind.”

— Craig Groeschel

12. “God is not calling us to go to church; he is calling us to be his church, the hope of the world.”

— Craig Groeschel

13. “Most leaders are trying to figure out the right strategy. The best leaders are obsessed with empowering the right people.”

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14. “The difference between where you are and where God wants you to be is equal to the pain you’re willing to endure.”

— Craig Groeschel

15. “If you want to reach people nobody is reaching, you’ve got to do things nobody is doing.”

— Craig Groeschel

16. “Never let the presence of a storm cause you to doubt the presence of God.”

— Craig Groeschel

17. “We don’t recruit volunteers; we release leaders. Volunteers do good things but leaders change the world.”

— Craig Groeschel

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18. “You are only as strong as you are honest.”

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19. “What you fear reveals where you trust God the least.”

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20. “There is no sin too great for God’s grace. There is no habit too big for his healing. There is no label too strong for his love.”

— Craig Groeschel

21. “If you delegate authority, you will build leaders.”

— Craig Groeschel

22. “Reputation shows who people think you are. Character shows who you really are.”

— Craig Groeschel

23. “Our greatest priority as Christian parents is to gradually transfer our children’s dependence away from us until it rests solely on God.”

— Craig Groeschel

24. “Your prayer for someone may or may not change them, but it always changes YOU.”

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25. “To step toward your destiny, you have to step away from your security.”

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26. “Don’t insult God with safe living and small thinking.”

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27. “Failure is an event, not a person. You are NOT a failure!”

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28. “If your vision doesn’t compel, move or stir people, your vision is too small.”

— Craig Groeschel

29. “You are not who others say you are. You are who God says you are.”

— Craig Groeschel

30. “Your brain does not understand what you are capable of. There is way more inside of you than you can imagine.”

— Craig Groeschel

31. “Lord, use me today, use me for your glory, make me bold, stir me up, give me eyes to see the needs of those I work with, give me a heart sensitive to those who are hurting, give me a prompting of the Spirit to minister to those who are around me.”

— Craig Groeschel

32. “What you pray for reflects what you believe about God.”

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33. “All people end up somewhere in life, but few end up there on purpose.”

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34. “We need to step into certain uncertainty. Without faith it is impossible to please God.”

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35. “Good can be the enemy of great.”

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36. “Being in the wrong place never helps you do the right thing.”

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37. “The longer we view ourselves through a distorted lens, the more likely we are to believe a distorted truth.”

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38. “Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. – psalm 139:23–24.”

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39. “When focus increases, options decrease.”

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40. “We will do anything short of sin to reach people for Christ.”

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41. “Our thoughts are either focused on what’s eternal, life-changing, and true, or lost in the details of our temporary, selfish, false beliefs.”

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42. “When you accept the fact that your true identity includes being an overcomer, you will never settle for less than a miracle.”

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43. “Be yourself. Authenticity trumps cool every time.”

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44. “God will often give you more than you can handle so you can learn to depend on Him rather than on yourself.”

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45. “You want to make a big bold difference in this world? Then pray big, bold prayers.”

— Craig Groeschel

46. “Sometimes God guides by what He withholds, rather than what He provides.”

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47. “Failure is the tuition you pay for success.”

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48. “The things that make us sad, the things that make us righteously angry, or the things we care about that others don’t are often a key that unlocks our reason for living. It’s our burden.”

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49. “The problem is that many bitter people don’t know they are bitter. since they are so convinced that they are right, they can’t see their own wrong in the mirror. And the longer the root of bitterness grows, the more difficult it is to remove.”

— Craig Groeschel

50. “God has blessed me with more than I need. I’m rich. I will not trust in riches but in Him who richly provides. Because I have more, I will give more and do more.”

— Craig Groeschel