Great leaders understand that the right attitude will set the right atmosphere, which enables the right response from others.

If you desire to become a more generous person, don't wait for your income to change. Change your heart.

The more people see that they are being understood, they become more motivated to understand your point of view.

Look at our society. Everyone wants to be thin, but nobody wants to diet. Everyone wants to live long, but few will exercise. Everybody wants money, yet seldom will anyone budget or control their spending.

People say, "John, what's your personal growth?" And ask "How do you grow?" And I tell them. I thought, "Why do I keep telling them, why don't I just write a book on what I call personal growth?" And that's what this [Today Matters] book is.

Finish every day and be done with it.

When the pastor and his or her church have a vision, they will put their energy, time, money, and personnel into achieving it.