You can easily determine the caliber of a person by the amount of opposition it takes to discourage him or her.

I say, make the decision, and as soon as you make the decision, the rest of your life you just manage that decision on a daily basis.

I kept saying to myself, this is a calling that God has given me. And so with intention I said, "Okay I'm going to write books not only for the Christian community, but also for the secular community." I found it really rewarding because the last one to use my gifts and advantages to people who look at church as not on their radar screen at all, it gives me favor with - I do a lot with Fortune 500 companies now.

Passion gives you an advantage over others, because one person with passion is greater than ninety-nine who have only an interest!

Leaders don't rise to the pinnacle of success without developing the right set of attitudes and habits; they make every day a masterpiece.

To help [people] understand that what you shortcut today, cannot be made up tomorrow. So it's like, I'm not going to do anything today, and I'm going to do the wrong thing today and somehow tomorrow it will get a lot better."

Business schools reward complex behavior but it's the simple behavior that makes you successful in life