God doesn't move until we move first.
People will not follow a leader who does not have confidence in himself.
The real test of leadership isn't where you start out. It's where you end up.
Many times we ask people to march outwardly, when we haven't yet spent the needed time inwardly.
Adversity is a crossroads that makes a person choose one of two paths: character or compromise. Every time he chooses character, he becomes stronger, even if that choice brings negative consequences.
Exceptionally hard decisions can deplete your energy to the point at which you finally cave in. If you mentally crumble and degenerate into negative thinking, you'll magnify the problem to the point where it can haunt you.