Not all leaders think about wisdom as a character trait that needs to be carefully cultivated. Of course, we would quickly agree that wisdom is more valuable than money or status. At least we would agree with that statement intellectually. But how many of us pursue wisdom with the same vigor with which we pursue wealth? How many of us cultivate wisdom with the same passion we use to cultivate our stock portfolio? Somehow we believe that wisdom just comes by itself. Certainly, wisdom can and often is the end result of long experience in the leader’s field of expertise. But the leader who gains wisdom by making poor decisions and learning from them is much farther behind than the leader who seeks the right kind of wisdom from the start.
— Kenneth Boa (b. 1945), US-amerikanischer Autor, christlicher Theologe, Apologet und Referent
Topics: Wisdom & Understanding, Work & Vocation
Occasions: For Reflection
Kenneth Boa
Kenneth Boa (* 1945) ist ein US-amerikanischer evangelikaler Theologe, Apologet und Autor, der von Georgia aus durch Lehrdienste und Publikationen wirkt. Er verbindet theologische Apologetik mit geistlicher Formung sowie biblisch orientierter Gebetspraxis, stieß mit der Rezeption historisch-kontemplativer Frömmigkeitsformen jedoch vereinzelt auf Kritik aus fundamentalistischen Kreisen. Bibellesern bietet er strukturierte und lebensnahe Zugänge zur Schriftbetrachtung, Jüngerschaft und christlichen Charakterbildung.
A drop of love is worth more than an ocean of reason.
Blaise Pascal
Love keeps no record of wrongs, but bitterness keeps detailed accounts.
Craig Groeschel
The devil is a better theologian than any of us, and he is still a devil.
A.W. Tozer
Discipline is choosing what you want most over what you want now.
Craig Groeschel
Humility is so shy. If you begin talking about it, it leaves.
Tim Keller
Man is unhappy because he doesn't know he's happy. It's only that.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
C.S. Lewis
Martin Luther