Myles Munroe Quotes

“When purpose is not known, abuse is inevitable”

— Myles Munroe

“It is the same way with dating. The time you are most prepared for dating is when you don't need anyone to complete you, fulfill you, or instill in you a sense of worth or purpose.”

— Myles Munroe

Don't ever make the mistake of telling God that you have nothing to offer. That simply is not true. God does not create any junk.

— Myles Munroe

Marriage is two imperfect people committing themselves to a perfect institution, by making perfect vows from imperfect lips before a perfect God.

— Myles Munroe

“God did not create woman from man's head, that he should command her, nor from his feet, that she should be his slave, but rather from his side, that she should be near his heart.”

— Myles Munroe

“A person's readiness to date is largely a matter of maturity and environment.”

— Myles Munroe

When certain parts of our bodies are touched, certain enzymes and chemicals that trigger sexual desire are released into our system. The more our bodies are stimulated, the more chemicals are released and the greater our sexual desire grows until it becomes a virtually unstoppable flood.

— Myles Munroe

“The Kingdom is the love of God prevailing in politics, in business, in government, in media. It is all the impact of the laws of God creating a social environment where the strong help the weak, where those who have give to those who don't. It's a society where relationships are built on love.”

— Myles Munroe

“Character in leadership is the most important balance for leadership. Without character, leaders have no safety. Leadership has no protection without character.”

— Myles Munroe

“I think that the greatest gift God ever gave man is not the gift of sight but the gift of vision. Sight is a function of the eyes, but vision is a function of the heart.”

— Myles Munroe

“Whenever they sang a certain song in church, I used to sing it the loudest: 'Lead me, guide me, along the way!' One day, as I was singing this song, I felt as if the Lord was saying to me, 'Lead you along what way?' I realized then that if you don't have a plan, God doesn't have anything specific to direct you in.”

— Myles Munroe

“How someone else perceives and understands us depends only 7 percent on what we say, 38 percent on how we say it, and 55 percent on what we are doing when we say it.”

— Myles Munroe

“Basic stewardship of resources for married couples who are believers centers around understanding and practicing two fundamental financial principles: tithing and budgeting. Herein lie the seeds of dominion-the secrets of fruitfulness, increase, and filling. Tithing recognizes God as the source of our resources while budgeting recognizes our responsibility”

— Myles Munroe

“Prayer is our invitation to God to intervene in the affairs of earth. It is our request for Him to work His ways in this world.”

— Myles Munroe

I was born on an island with 96 percent of the people black. But all the power and the economy was in the hands of white people who only formed four per cent.

— Myles Munroe

“The greatest discovery in life is self-discovery. Until you find yourself you will always be someone else. Become yourself.”

— Myles Munroe

“The greatest failure in life is being successful in the wrong assignment.”

— Myles Munroe

“The worst mistake a leader can make is to mentor no one, choose no successor and leave no legacy.”

— Myles Munroe

“Keep your head and your heart going in the right direction, and you will not have to worry about your feet.”

— Myles Munroe

“The wealthiest places in the world are not gold mines, oil fields, diamond mines or banks. The wealthiest place is the cemetery. There lies companies that were never started, masterpieces that were never painted ... In the cemetery there is buried the greatest treasure of untapped potential. There is a treasure within you that must come out. Don't go to the grave with your treasure still within YOU.”

— Myles Munroe

“Your Destiny is chosen by God, Your future is certain, whether you arrive there is up to you”

— Myles Munroe

“God never demands anything that He does not provide for. Whatever God commands us to do, He equips us to do.”

— Myles Munroe

One of the greatest enemies to vision is sight!

— Myles Munroe

“Hard work and diligence are essential to success, but they require an internal motivation. That internal motivation is Vision”

— Myles Munroe

For a woman, language spoken is an expression of what she is feeling. For a man, language spoken is an expression of what he is thinking. A woman says what is on her heart while a man says what is on his mind.

— Myles Munroe

“Every human being was born with an inherent gift, and that gift is their gift to humanity; they are supposed to serve humanity in the area of their gifting.”

— Myles Munroe

“You are not free until your past has no effect on your future”

— Myles Munroe

“Attitude creates your world and designs your destiny.”

— Myles Munroe

“The poorest person on earth is the person without faith.”

— Myles Munroe

“Failure of success is not race-related; it's not socioeconomics-related; it is really predictable, based on principles that are laid down by God the Creator by which we are supposed to function. If we find them and obey them, success becomes inevitable. That's why I was able to move from rats to 40,000 feet in the air in my own aircraft.”

— Myles Munroe

“A leader can transform an army of frightened people into fearless people.”

— Myles Munroe

“My greatest fear is that the spirit of religion is lurking in so many churches today. Instead of men and women of God preaching about and applying Kingdom principles to everyday living, they have given the spirit of religion the power to cloud the path of others.”

— Myles Munroe

“For everything that God desires to do in the earth, He enters into partnership with those to whom He has already given dominion.”

— Myles Munroe

“You will never change anything that you are willing to tolerate.”

— Myles Munroe

Whatever you compromise to gain, you will lose.

— Myles Munroe

“True leadership is an attitude that naturally inspires and motivates others, and it comes from an internalized discovery about yourself.”

— Myles Munroe

“Democracy without God is mans worship and elevation of himself and his own intelligence or humanism, where man becomes his own measure for morality, judgment, and justice.”

— Myles Munroe

“Purpose gives birth to hope and instills the passion to act.”

— Myles Munroe

“The third basic need of a male in a relationship is an attractive woman; for a woman, honesty and openness.”

— Myles Munroe

“Marriage will not solve "aloneness."”

— Myles Munroe

“There is nothing more powerful as attitude.”

— Myles Munroe

“True Leadership is the authority given by the trust of the followers to use power for the benefit of all.”

— Myles Munroe

True leadership is measured by what happens after you die.

— Myles Munroe

“Success is not a pursuit ... but the result of obedience to the Divien and Natural laws of Life established by the Creator”

— Myles Munroe

“The husband provides direction; the wife, maintenance.”

— Myles Munroe

“We manifest character when self-sacrifice for the sake of our principles becomes more important than compromise for the sake of popularity.”

— Myles Munroe

“External circumstances will not change until internal belief systems change.”

— Myles Munroe

“I am convinced that God Himself is tampering with the economic system of the world to reduce us back to Him.”

— Myles Munroe

“No one came to earth empty; everybody came with a contribution to make to their generation. Most of them never find that gift and even more die never releasing it.”

— Myles Munroe

“The first word Jesus used in His earthly ministry was repent. Repent means to change the way you've been conditioned to think, and I believe that is the only way we are going to see the impact of the original concepts and idea of God.”

— Myles Munroe