“Your success stops where your character stops. You can never rise above the limitations of your character.”

The measure of a leader is not the number of people who serve him, but the number of people he serves.

If you wait until you feel like doing something, you will likely never accomplish it.

Leaders touch a heart before they ask for a hand.

Never underestimate the power of an encouraging word.

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.

I’m more of a tough love type of person.

I will never say something I don’t agree with or believe in, even if the reward is massive!

Who we are in the present includes who we were in the past.

I know I may have done some bad things, but I’m not a bad person.

Authority, power, and wealth do not change a man; they only reveal him

I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can’t be dirty.

It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.

You can be a pretty face, but if you’re not a nice person, it just doesn’t work.