Clout Quotes

“The fear of not measuring up robs us of seeing the value in our influence, and it keeps us on a perpetual quest to be better than others.”
― Jenni Catron, Clout: Discover and Unleash Your God-Given Influence

“We need to move forward despite our fear because we are equipped with the truth to confront it.”
― Jenni Catron, Clout: Discover and Unleash Your God-Given Influence

“Where pride says you have to prove your worth, confidence says God has determined your worth.”
― Jenni Catron, Clout: Discover and Unleash Your God-Given Influence

“It is and it isn’t about what we do. Our God-given influence isn’t all about what we do, and yet we do have a purpose to accomplish. We don’t do to earn God’s love or acceptance or approval, but we do as a response to the love and grace God has freely given us. We do out of love rather than out of obligation. Our doing is a response of thankfulness to God’s doing in our lives.”
― Jenni Catron, Clout: Discover and Unleash Your God-Given Influence

“It seems easier to be God than to love God, easier to control people than to love people. —HENRI NOUWEN1”
― Jenni Catron, Clout: Discover and Unleash Your God-Given Influence

“Pride fools others and us into believing that we’ve got it all together. We become unrecognizable to ourselves.”
― Jenni Catron, Clout: Discover and Unleash Your God-Given Influence

“Your heart yearns for influence because it is a part of how he created you.”
― Jenni Catron, Clout: Discover and Unleash Your God-Given Influence

“Our lives are arenas for God’s work to be displayed.”
― Jenni Catron, Clout: Discover and Unleash Your God-Given Influence

“Your personality brings color to your work. Where spiritual gifts and talents create the outline and structure, personality brings the picture of you to life.”
― Jenni Catron, Clout: Discover and Unleash Your God-Given Influence

“Your true self is God’s presence in you.”
― Jenni Catron, Clout: Discover and Unleash Your God-Given Influence

“Knowing God and knowing God’s voice aren’t enough if they aren’t accompanied by obedience.”
― Jenni Catron, Clout: Discover and Unleash Your God-Given Influence

“Our experiences really aren’t the issue. It’s what we choose to do with them.”
― Jenni Catron, Clout: Discover and Unleash Your God-Given Influence

“It’s easy to get distracted by what God is doing through us and miss what’s unraveling inside us.”
― Jenni Catron, Clout: Discover and Unleash Your God-Given Influence

“When we haven’t done the work of discovering our God-given influence, we build a false identity.”
― Jenni Catron, Clout: Discover and Unleash Your God-Given Influence

“The replacement for comparison isn’t overly profound. In fact, it’s simple: Focus on the work you’ve been given.”
― Jenni Catron, Clout: Discover and Unleash Your God-Given Influence

“Every hurdle of fear is an opportunity for our faith to grow.”
― Jenni Catron, Clout: Discover and Unleash Your God-Given Influence

“To influence others you have to help move them to new realities and possibilities. You can’t take them where you haven’t led yourself. You must be willing to confront your fears and lead others through theirs.”
― Jenni Catron, Clout: Discover and Unleash Your God-Given Influence

“When we discover and unleash our God-given influence, we position ourselves to lead with passion and purpose that defy our personal limitations.”
― Jenni Catron, Clout: Discover and Unleash Your God-Given Influence

“Clout is the influence that God has given to you and to no one else. You are specifically designed to impact the world in a way that no one else can. Discovering your clout is an essential part of unleashing your purpose. You have a specific purpose, a calling, that only you are qualified to fulfill. Your God-given influence defines your purpose. Your purpose establishes your leadership. Your leadership makes a mark on the world.”
― Jenni Catron, Clout: Discover and Unleash Your God-Given Influence

“The act of putting ideas to paper moves them from pipe dreams to possibilities. Even in our planning we have to remember to live with open hands. Our plans are really the intention to steward the plans God wants to accomplish through us: “We can make our plans, / but the Lord determines our steps” (Prov. 16:9 NLT).”
― Jenni Catron, Clout: Discover and Unleash Your God-Given Influence

“The journey to the center of who we are begins with discovering more about the one who designed us.”
― Jenni Catron, Clout: Discover and Unleash Your God-Given Influence

“If you want to lead a life of influence that impacts the world and those you lead, you have to be willing to confront the issues that hold you back. Don’t let what could be great become mediocre because you’re not doing the self-evaluation necessary to continue to grow.”
― Jenni Catron, Clout: Discover and Unleash Your God-Given Influence

“The drive to significance is a simple extension of the creative impulse of God. . . . It is outwardly directed to the good to be done. We were built to count, as water is made to run downhill. We are placed in a specific context to count in ways no one else does. That is our destiny. —DALLAS WILLARD1”
― Jenni Catron, Clout: Discover and Unleash Your God-Given Influence

“I believe God does his greatest work through us when we are aware of our limitations and have to trust and lean into him for outcomes that are too big for us to tackle on our own.”
― Jenni Catron, Clout: Discover and Unleash Your God-Given Influence

“Generosity evokes generosity: when someone supports you, acknowledges you, offers you their belief and faith—it makes you want to reciprocate in kind. I’ve noticed that leaders who practice generosity create teams where information flows more freely; people reach beyond their job descriptions to support each other; team members celebrate each others’ successes.8”
― Jenni Catron, Clout: Discover and Unleash Your God-Given Influence

“The desire to wholeheartedly follow God was at war with prideful longings for perfection, importance, performance, and independence. His faith and his failure coexisted. Isn’t that how it is for most of us?”
― Jenni Catron, Clout: Discover and Unleash Your God-Given Influence

“Comparison twists what should be unique about us into something that we are either grossly dissatisfied with or disproportionately proud of.”
― Jenni Catron, Clout: Discover and Unleash Your God-Given Influence

“Pride doesn’t show up one day and overtake us with excessive force. Pride infuses our thoughts and grows as it is given space.”
― Jenni Catron, Clout: Discover and Unleash Your God-Given Influence

“insecurity makes you selfish and self-focused.”
― Jenni Catron, Clout: Discover and Unleash Your God-Given Influence

“We’re blinded to our potential because we cannot see beyond our weakness.”
― Jenni Catron, Clout: Discover and Unleash Your God-Given Influence