I started out in the ministry, went to college, started as a pastor, pastored for basically 25 years. That was a good time, I really enjoyed it.

Effective leaders sacrifice much that is good in order to dedicate themselves to what is best

Leadership deals with people and their dynamics, which are continually changing. The challenge of leadership is to create change and facilitate growth.

We cannot accomplish as much as we think we can in one day and we can accomplish more than we think we can in a year. Isn't that true?

If you treat every person you meet as if he or she were the most important person in the world, you'll communicate that he or she is somebody - to you.

We cannot consistently behave in a way that is inconsistent with our beliefs.

If your job is not making a difference in this world, by all means, get out there and find something else ... You’ll find a sense of making a difference through your work if you simply look for it.