The Leadership Secrets of Billy Graham

Yet when we experience our mishaps or suddenly find ourselves in the bull’s-eye, we may impulsively grab its sharp edges. We mus ...

It took lots of courage for King to continue leading, and we see his call for courage in the midst of continuous danger. “Courag ...

“Fear not, Zacharias. Your prayers have been heard,” Gabriel said as he announced that John the Baptist would be born. “Fear not ...

Points to Ponder BILLY GRAHAM: Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are stiffened. THE BI ...

CHAPTER 11 Learning from Failure Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. WINSTON CHURCHILL As a mid ...

■ ■ ■ One of Billy’s early failures, an embarrassing gaffe following a meeting with President Truman, showed him to be one who r ...

they should wear to make a good impression on the president. Grady pointed out that Mr. Truman was photographed in white buck sh ...

The president, not known for his spiritual side, said, “I don’t suppose it could do any harm.” So Billy put his arm around the s ...

Independence, Missouri, did Truman agree to see Billy. “I recalled the incident and apologized profusely for our ignorance and n ...

wouldn’t prove an awkward revelation for either the pope or for Billy. The pope had grabbed him by the thumb and pulled him clos ...

tionally charged and did not clarify my true thoughts.” He explained he had been deeply moved by the victim’s situation— doctors ...

the critical times, the fortitude and wisdom to embrace the cen- tral principles. Use Failure as an Asset Thoughtful observers h ...

when they should be training for failure. Failure is far more com- mon than success.” Maxwell says that this concept—training fo ...

with reporters who could blindside him, or traveled in troubled countries, he opened himself to all sorts of consequences. Takin ...

a bull by the tail once has learned sixty or seventy times as much as a person who hasn’t.” If your decision to grab opportunity ...

Bunyan wrote his classic Pilgrim’s Progressin jail. Jim Bakker, whom the Grahams befriended during and after his prison expe- ri ...

CHAPTER 12 Experiencing Trauma and Betrayal Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial an ...

Perhaps you will never experience betrayal. Then again, it’s one of the more likely experiences ahead, a time when someone turns ...

acknowledge the depth of his insights and the breadth of his knowledge. The man who won election to the presidency and opened up ...

On election night, before appearing victoriously to the press, Nixon invited Billy to join his family in the hotel. Billy and T. ...