If a man is known by the company he keeps, so also his character is reflected in the books he reads.

We are not responsible for our endowments or natural abilities, but we are responsible for the strategic use of time.

If a man is known by the company he keeps, so also his character is reflected in the books he reads.

The secular mind and heart, however gifted and personally charming, has no place in the leadership of the church.

Faith never knows where it is being led, or it would not be faith. True faith is content to travel under sealed orders.

A leader is a person who has learned to obey a discipline imposed from without, and has then taken on a more rigorous discipline from within. Those who rebel against authority and scorn self-discipline - who shirk the rigors and turn from the sacrifices - do not qualify to lead.

Often truly authoritative leadership falls on someone who years earlier dedicated themselves to practice the discipline of seeking first the kingdom of God. Then, as that person matures, God confers a leadership role, and the Spirit of God goes to work through him.