Wise leaders understand that the single greatest determinant of whether followers will ever own a vision deeply is the extent to which whose followers believe the leader will own it.

How do you pray a prayer so filled with faith that it can move a mountain? By shifting your focus from the size of your mountain to the sufficiency of the Mountain Mover and then stepping forward in obedience.

The worst days of leadership beat the best days of being an onlooker.

The more varied the environments in which you exercise your leadership gift, the stronger that gift will become. You will become a far more effective leader.

The leader is the organization's top strategist... systematically envisioning the future and specifically mapping out how to get there.

I hate thinking about it, teaching about it, and writing about it. But the plain truth is that hell is real and real people go there for eternity.

If you're a serious minded leader, you will read. You will read all you can.