Remember, in the end, it isn't what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.

Needless to say, you can love people without leading them, but you cannot lead people without loving them.

You've got to love your people more than your position.

Talent is a gift, but our character is a choice. Talent is natural ability, our gift from God, but we have the power to determine our character. That power rests on a foundation consisting of the choices we make in life. And those choices almost always dictate the amount of trust others have in us, and to what level of leadership we rise.

Tomorrow's destiny becomes today's direction.

Thank God for the tough times. They are the reason you are there - to be the leader. If everything was going well, the people wouldn't need you!

You must find a way to get your vision seen, implemented, and contributed to by others.