“Just as we leave the effects of our work behind in results, we leave the effects of our interactions with people in their hearts, minds, and souls.”

To grow, we need things that we do not have and cannot provide, and we need to have a source of those things who looks favorably upon us and who does things for us for our own good.

Diligence is not easy, but we can’t reach our goals without it.

The business of church is ultimately people. You’re trying to heal people, grow people, teach people, and mend people. And when leaders spend all of their time helping and growing other people, they ignore their own growth.

Consequences give us the pain that motivates us to change.

You aren’t alive if you aren’t in need.

The opposite of bad is not good.The opposite of bad is love

Whatever’s happening today, remember it is only ONE SCENE in a long movie. Don’t treat it like it’s the whole story. Keep writing the story.

Confronting an irresponsible person is not painful to him; only consequences are.

There’s no better way to become a disintegrated character than to be your own authority.

Successful people stick to what they are good at and find ways to make that larger.

Leadership is not taken, it is given. People give leadership to those that they trust. They allow people that they trust to have influence over their lives.

Independence is not an option for us. Remember, God existed without us.

Some goals are not going to fulfill you. Choose goals that you value and care about.

There is a difference between solitude and isolation. One is connected and one isn’t. Solitude replenishes, isolation diminishes.

A leader’s responsibility is to cause a vision and mission to have tangible results in the real world.

We need rest not just so we feel better. We need rest for actual creation of what we’re going to need the next day.

If one burdens the future with one’s worries, it cannot grow organically. I am filled with confidence, not that I shall succeed in worldly things, but that even when things go badly for me I shall still find life good and worth living.

To admit that there is any such thing as chance, in the common acceptation of the term, would be to attempt to establish a power independent of God.

Feelings are good servants, but they are disastrous masters.

Whatever one loves most is beautiful.

It will allow the moderate opposition to be able to neutralize the helicopters and aircraft that are dropping chemicals and have been carpet-bombing them

Confronting an irresponsible person is not painful to him; only consequences are.

A supreme motivation to create or do something special. To win for love.

There’s no better way to become a disintegrated character than to be your own authority.