“God chooses what we go through; we choose how we go through it.”

The single biggest way to impact an organization is to focus on leadership development. There is almost no limit to the potential of an organization that recruits good people, raises them up as leaders and continually develops them.

It is our decisions not our conditions that determine our quality of life.

Life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you.

You can easily determine the caliber of a person by the amount of opposition it takes to discourage him or her.

Give God the first part of every day. Give God the first day of every week. Give God the first portion of your income. Give God the first consideration in every decision. Give God the first place in your life.

A great leader’s courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.

You will become on the outside, what you believe on the inside.

Do something you hate every day, just for the practice.

It’s good to be out of your comfort zone. Just don’t step out of your gift zone.

We teach what we know, but we reproduce what we are.

I think many people believe the best way they can help others is to criticize them, to give them the benefit of their ‘wisdom.’ I disagree. The best way to help people is to see the best in them.

We cannot consistently behave in a way that is inconsistent with our beliefs.

You either spend your life preparing or you spend your life repairing.

Never allow others to put obstacles in the pathway of your dreams.

Seven Steps to Success 1) Make a commitment to grow daily. 2) Value the process more than events. 3) Don’t wait for inspiration. 4) Be willing to sacrifice pleasure for opportunity. 5) Dream big. 6) Plan your priorities. 7) Give up to go up.

You’ll never find out what you can do, until you do all you can to find out.

Choose your battles one way or another. The world is overwhelming af already.

Don’t be a time manager, be a priority manager.

Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.

Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.

It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.

Never blame another person for your personal choices – you are still the one who must live out the consequences of your choices.

Spread out your petition before God, and then say, “Thy will, not mine, be done.” The sweetest lesson I have learned in God’s school is to let the Lord choose for me.

Start edifying the flowers. Stop pointing out the weeds.