In the end, as a leader, you are always going to get a combination of two things: what you create and what you allow.

Consequences give us the pain that motivates us to change.

The fool tries to adjust the truth so he does not have to adjust to it.

When truth presents itself, the wise person see the light, takes it in, and makes adjustments. The fool tries to adjust the truth so he does not have to adjust to it.

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

A person who hasn't grieved a significant loss has unfinished business inside and can cause others great grief as a result.

Grief is accepting the reality of what is. That is grief's job and purpose-to allow us to come to terms with the way things really are, so that we can move on. Grief is a gift of God. Without it, we would all be condemned to a life of continually denying reality, arguing or protesting against reality, and never growing from the realities we experience.