Most people use two totally different sets of criteria for judging themselves versus others. We tend to judge others according to their actions. It's very cut-and-dried. However, we judge ourselves by our intentions. Even if we do the wrong thing, if we believe our motives were good, we let ourselves off the hook. And we are often willing to do that over and over before requiring ourselves to change.

Loyalty to the leader reaches its highest peak when the follower has personally grown through the mentorship of the leader.

Churches whose members fight with one another have lost their vision for the lost.

Trust must be built day by day. It calls for consistency.

It is truly one day at a time.

If you want to lead people, you have to let them come up close.

if you don't have peace, it isn't because someone took it from you; you gave it away. You cannot always control what happens to you, but you can control what happens in you.