“Things not worth doing are not worth doing well.”

We are not just our behavior. We are the person managing our behavior.

Connect the dots between individual roles and the goals of the organization. When people see that connection, they get a lot of energy out of work. They feel the importance, dignity, and meaning in their job.

Feedback is the breakfast of champions.

People don’t mind being challenged to do better if they know the request is coming from a caring heart.

Effective team leaders adjust their style to provide what the group can’t provide for itself.

Real communication happens when people feel safe.

Purpose can never be about achievement; it is much bigger.

The best way to develop responsibility in people is to give them responsibility.

In the past a leader was a boss. Today’s leaders must be partners with their people. They no longer can lead solely based on positional power.

If we want people on the front lines of companies to be responsible for making good business decisions, they must have the same information that managers use to make good business decisions.

Vision is a lot more than putting a plaque on the wall. A real vision is lived, not framed.

The first principle of ethical power is Purpose… It is the picture you have of yourself – the kind of person you want to be or the kind of life you want to lead.

Leadership is anytime you seek to influence the thinking, behavior, or development of others.

Asking for other’s guidance helps you see what you may not be able to see. It’s always important to check your ego and ask for help.

Beware of putting all your focus into results. While results are important, your people should be your number one area of focus.

Your role as a leader is even more important than you might imagine. You have the power to help people become winners.

Your willingness to take action on a single day of voting will birth results that effect generations to come.

The Bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We pretend to be unable to understand it because we know very well that the minute we understand, we are obliged to act accordingly.

Actions speak louder than words, so kiss her as you mean it.

Life is dominated by asymmetrical actions.

I don’t want words that are said. I want words that are meant.

Our aspect of neighborly love is that we must not merely will our neighbors good, but actually work to bring it about.

We should never know how to adjust means to ends, or to employ our natural powers in the production of any effect. There would be an end at once of all action, as well as of the chief part of speculation.

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.