Most people who want to get ahead do it backward. They think, 'I'll get a bigger job, then I'll learn how to be a leader.' But showing leadership skill is how you get the bigger job in the first place. Leadership isn't a position, it's a process.

The goal of the pastor is not to get people to show up but to get people to grow up.

Point out a great strength of someone in your life today!

People say, "John, what's your personal growth?" And ask "How do you grow?" And I tell them. I thought, "Why do I keep telling them, why don't I just write a book on what I call personal growth?" And that's what this [Today Matters] book is.

You don't become a success when you get your diploma, you became a success when you decided to go to college when you get your diploma you get the rewards of success.

The better you are at surrounding yourself with people of high potential, the greater your chance for success.

Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.