The spiritual leader should outpace the rest of the church, above all, in prayer.

Before we can conquer the world, we must first conquer the self.

If you would rather pick a fight than solve a problem, do not consider leading the church

One reason why people are unable to understand great Christian classics is that they are trying to understand without any intention of obeying them.

Will the leader reflect the ugliness of egotism or the transfigured glory of Christ the Lord?

Disciples [deep people] are not manufactured wholesale. They are produced one by one, because someone has taken the pains to discipline, to instruct and enlighten, to nurture and train one that is younger.

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.