You cannot enjoy others until you enjoy yourself because you cannot give to others what you do not have.

If people around you don't believe in you, if they don't encourage you, then you need to find some people who do.

The only way a church is going to be relevant is to get out of its comfort zone and connect with unchurched people.

Leaders have two characteristics: first they are going somewhere, and second they are able to persuade other people to go with them.

The first order of things to be changed is me, the leader. After I consider how hard it is to change myself, then I will understand the challenge of trying to change others. This is the ultimate test of leadership.

Failure is not fatal. Only failure to get back up is.

What I did in the book [Today Matters] is I tried to help a person make their day - every day - their masterpiece.