To gain credibility, you must consistently demonstrate three things: Initiative: You have to get up to go up. Sacrifice: You have to give up to go up. Maturity: You have to grow up to go up. If you show the way, people will want to follow you. The higher you go, the greater the number of people who will be willing to travel with you.

If you show people how much you care and ask questions in a non threatening way, you'll be amazed by how much they'll tell you.

People are training for success when they should be training for failure.

You have to live with the people to know their needs, and you have to live with God to know how to solve them.

If you want to improve your world, then focus your attention on helping others.

Good leaders understand that they are stewards. They must find the best people they can, giving them the opportunity to join in the journey developing them, and encouraging them to reach their potential. But they must hold on to people lightly. Those who start with you seldom finish with you.

The only one you should compare yourself to is you. Your mission is to become better today than you were yesterday.