It's more important to get along with people than to get ahead of them.

Successful people...focus on the rewards of success: learning from their mistakes and thinking about how they can improve themselves and their situations.

When I had something I thought God was talking to me about, the first thing I did, before I ever talked to the congregation, was to sit down with the major influencers of the church and share with them what I thought God was speaking to me. I gave them time for input or questions. Many times they would ask questions and I would reply, "I need to spend more time on this. I'm not sure I'm thinking clearly there." Other times they added value and helped make this vision better or more accessible to the people.

If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone.

People today are desperate for leaders, but they want to be influenced only by individuals they can trust, persons of good character.

Your teammates will stretch your vision or choke your dream.

With a little faith in themselves people, people can do miraculous things. But without it, they have a really tough time.