Courage and initiative come when you understand your purpose in life.

God uses people who fail - Cause there aren't any other kind around.

If a leader cannot give you a clear picture of what he or she sees in the future, that person is not the leader of that organization.

Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.

If you think you are beaten, you are. If you think you dare not, you don't. If you'd like to win but think you can't it's almost certain you won't. Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man, but sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can. A happy person is not a person with a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. I may not be able to change the world I see around me, but I can change the way I see the world within me.

If churches would take ownership of a vision, the next pastor who is thinking about coming to that church can see what their vision is and then determine if their vision fits with his or her ministry. If it doesn't, then it would be wrong for that pastor to come to that church.

If you're not failing, you're probably not really moving forward.