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

Our problem is not too little time, but making better use of the time we have. Each of us has as much time as anyone else.

True leadership is found in giving yourself in service to others, not in coaxing or inducing others to serve you.

An exhausted man easily falls prey to the adversary.

We are at this moment as close to God as we really choose to be. True, there are times when we would like to know a deeper intimacy, but when it comes to the point, we are not prepared to pay the price involved.

A leader is only able to lead others because he disciplines himself. The person who does not know how to bow to discipline imposed from without, who does not know how to obey, will not make a good leader-nor will the one who has not learned to impose discipline within his own life. Those who scorn scripturally or legally constituted authority, or rebel against it, rarely qualify for high leadership positions.

Vision involves optimism and hope. The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty. The pessimist tends to hold back people of vision from pushing ahead.