Myles Munroe Quotes

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

God wants to supply your needs from a place you never expected, through people you never knew, in ways you never thought, but first you have to believe that it is possible. Once you understand that His ability to meet your needs is bigger than your job or your business, you will find that your source of life is bigger than the resources that you have been accumulating.

The first basic need of a male is sexual fulfillment; for a female, affection. The second most basic need of a male is recreational companionship; for a female, communication and conversation. The third basic need of a male in a relationship is an attractive woman; for a woman, honesty and openness. The fourth basic need of a male is domestic support; for a female, financial support. The fifth basic need of a male is admiration and respect; for a woman, family commitment.

The value of life is not in its duration, but in its donation. You are not important because of how long you live, you are important because of how effective you live. And most people are concerned about growing old rather than being effective.

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.

Your work is not your job. Your job is what they pay you to do; your work is what you were born to do.

The poorest man in the world is the man without a dream.The most frustrated man in the world is the man with a dream that never becomes reality.

Don't be pushed by your problems, be led by your dreams. Govern your life by priorities not your pressures.

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

Marital faithfulness involves more than just sexual fidelity. Being faithful to your wife also means defending her and affirming her beauty, intelligence, and integrity at all times, particularly before other people. Faithfulness to your husband means sticking up for him, always building him up and never tearing him down. Marital fidelity means that your spouse’s health, happiness, security, and welfare take a higher place in your life than anything else except your own relationship with the Lord.

Failure is not the absence of success. Failure is the neglect of trying.

You are capable of much more than you are presently thinking, imagining, doing or being.

The bible does not say that a man's education makes room for him, but that his gifts does. Education is not the key to success, it doesn,t guarantee anything; it is your gift that is the key to success

We were placed on earth to fulfil a purpose, and that purpose is what gives meaning to our lives, you were sent to the world to make an impact and make a difference

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.

Your future is not ahead of you, it's trapped within you

True leaders are born when you find something to die for

The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but a life without a purpose.

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.

People generally fall into one of three groups: the few who make things happen, the many who watch things happen, and the overwhelming majority who have no notion of what happens. Every person is either a creator of fact or a creature of circumstance. He either puts color into his environment, or, like a chameleon, takes color from his environment.

You are designed by God not to blend in, but to stand out

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

When you discover your gift and authority, that gift attracts people. When people come to you, they are not really coming to you for you but for the gift and the vision that you are serving the humanity of your generation with.

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

Vision is the Source and hope of life. The greatest gift ever given to mankind is not the gift of sight, but the gift of vision. Sight is a function of the eyes; vision is a function of the heart. ‘Eyes that look are common, but eyes that see are rare.’ Nothing noble or noteworthy on earth was ever done without vision.

You are not important because of how long you live, you are important because of how effective you live.

Solid character will reflect itself in consistent behavior, while poor character will seek to hide behind deceptive words and actions.

I encourage people at this time, do not put your faith in any preacher, in any human system, but put your faith and trust in the Living God.

In life, purpose is defined by the thing that makes you angry. Martin Luther was angry; Mandela was angry; Mahatma Gandhi was angry; Mother Teresa was angry. If you are not angry, you do not have a ministry yet.

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

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.

You must decide if you are going to rob the world or bless it with the rich, valuable, potent, untapped resources locked away within you.

God’s love sets us free from the need to seek approval. Knowing that we are loved by God, accepted by God, approved by God, and that we are new creations in Christ empowers us to reject self-rejection and embrace a healthy self-love. Being secure in God’s love for us, our love for Him, and our love for ourselves, prepares us to fulfill the second greatest commandment: To love our neighbor as ourselves.

Great leadership is not attained by pursuing greatness but by persevering through great tests.

Purpose is when you know and understand what you were born to accomplish. Vision is when you see it in your mind and begin to imagine it

Your value in life is determined by the problems you solve through your gift.

...success is not a comparison of what we have done with what others have done.

When you get before great people you don't talk a lot, you ask questions

Communication is the ability to ensure that people understand not only what you say but also what you mean. It is also the ability to listen to and understand others. Developing both of these aspects of communication takes a lot of time, patience, and hard work.

When purpose is not known, abuse is inevitable

No matter how many people celebrate your gifts, don't ever think that you are more important to them than your gift is to them. This is why many people fail: They fail because they think that people came to follow them.

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

When you believe in your dream and your vision, then it begins to attract its own resources. No one was born to be a failure.

You came to earth to answer a question God knew would be asked. You are the solution to a problem in your generation.

I discovered that success has very little to do with education or race or disposition; it has more to do with principles and following those principles.

Every human has a seed of greatness buried in a gift needed by the world.

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

The husband provides direction; the wife, maintenance.

The greatest enemy of progress is your last success, you could become so proud of what you've already accomplished that you stop moving ahead to what you can still accomplish

We will never obtain God's kind of marriage simply by going along with the crowd, doing what everybody else does. We have to dig deep into the heart of God to discover His principles.