I thought if I was open and honest, it would help the reader to get open and honest, and they also would realize sometimes when you write a book, people think you're an expert and that's not always true.

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

No matter where you are in your leadership journey, never forget that what got you to where you are won't get you to the next level.

Birds of a feather really do flock together.

If churches would take ownership of a vision, the next pastor who is thinking about coming to that church can see what their vision is and then determine if their vision fits with his or her ministry. If it doesn't, then it would be wrong for that pastor to come to that church.

The process of achievement comes through repeated failures and the constant struggle to climb to a higher level.

I think we impress people by our success, but I think we impact them by our failures.