All visions begin with relationships. My relationship with God is where I receive the vision; my relationship with my people is where I give the vision. If those relationships aren't what they could be or should be, on either side, the receiving or the giving out, the vision is going to be aborted.

A good leader encourages followers to tell him what he needs to know, not what he wants to hear.

We have many years to eat and sleep, but how many years do we have to make a difference in the lives of others? That's the highest calling any of us can have: Living our life so as to intentionally add value to others. But to do this, we have to make ourselves more valuable. We have to keep learning, growing, developing as leaders and taking responsibility for being the change we want to see in the world.

To help people believe they can achieve victory, put them in a position to experience small successes.

You invest yourself in what you believe can succeed.

Pride deafens us to the advice or warnings of those around us.

The highway of life is filled with flat squirrels that couldn't make a decision.