Dont ever be impressed with goal setting; be impressed with goal getting. Reaching new goals and moving to a higher level of performance always requires change, and change feels awkward. But take comfort in the knowledge that if a change doesn't feel uncomfortable, then it's propably not really a change.

Anytime a church squabbles over minor things you can be certain they do not have a clear picture of what they need to be.

Might you be missing opportunities because you have been too quick to ask how instead of why?

A person who has a dream knows what he is willing to give up in order to go up.

I am the recipient of many benefits that I do not deserve and did not earn. Someone else paid for them. I am grateful! How do I show my gratitude? By daily pouring into others and passing on to them the things that will allow them to run far and achieve beyond what I have done.

I can't raise the bar of others if I haven't raised the bar for myself.

Effective leaders don't gather things just for themselves; they do it in order to give to others.