“The only one you should compare yourself to is you. Your mission is to become better today than you were yesterday.”

You add value to people when you value them.

Your talk talks and your walk talks, but your walk talks louder than your talk talks.

People can open doors for you, but you must walk through.

All good leaders are connectors. They relate well and make people feel confident about themselves and their leader.

Needless to say, you can love people without leading them, but you cannot lead people without loving them.

We cannot become what we need by remaining what we are.

Life is like riding in a taxi. Whether you are going anywhere or not, the meter keeps ticking.

So think long and hard about who you’re spending the most time with, for wherever they are headed, so are you.

Your attitude is either your best friend or your worst enemy, your greatest asset or your greatest liability

Without a vision people and the church become self-centered. People start finding fault with one another and the church self-destructs.

You can’t be a smart cookie if you have a crummy attitude.

Leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less. How do you gain influence from people? You invest in them. How do you invest in them? It starts with giving them time.

SUCCESS is when I add value to MYSELF. SIGNIFICANCE is when I add value to OTHERS.

Not realizing what you want is a problem of knowledge. Not pursuing what you want is a problem of motivation. Not achieving what you want is a problem of persistence.

Be intentional to add value to every person you meet everyday.

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

Whiskey just naturally likes me but beer likes me better.

If God, like a father, denies us what we want now it is in order to give us some far better thing later on. The will of God, we can rest assured, is invariably a better thing.

True perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbour, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be.

Do not feel bad about your mistakes or those of others. Love them! Remember that one: they are to be expected; two: they’re the first and most essential part of the learning process; and three: feeling bad about them will prevent you from getting better.

God never denies us our hearts desire except to give us something better.

To achieve the impossible, you need to first develop the mindset that it’s probable. Please don’t allow the current limits of your life define your future reality. You deserve so much better. And the world deserves your best.

I wrote in the War of Art that I could divide my life neatly into two parts: before turning pro and after. After is better.

Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time.