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.

Once the joy of intimacy with God has been experienced, life becomes unbearable without it.

The frontiers of the kingdom of God were never advanced by men and women of caution.

The original meaning of the word tact referred to the sense of touch (as in 'tactile'), and came to mean skill in dealing with persons or sensitive situations. Tact is defined as: 'intuitive perception, especially a quick and fine perception of what is fit and proper and right.' It alludes to one's ability to conduct delicate negotiations and personal matters in a way that recognizes mutual rights, and yet leads to a harmonious solution.

People of vision gauge decisions on the future; the story of the past cannot be rewritten.

Faith enables the believing soul to treat the future as present and the invisible as seen.

An exhausted man easily falls prey to the adversary.