To collaborative team members, completing one another is more important than competing with one another.

One person seeking glory doesn't accomplish much. Success is the result of people pulling together to meet common goals.

You can't grow and learn if your focus is on finding someone else to blame instead of looking at your own shortcomings.

I felt the hand and the call of God in my life that I would be doing ministry and trying to serve Him the best that I could.

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.

To gain credibility, you must consistently demonstrate three things: Initiative: You have to get up to go up. Sacrifice: You have to give up to go up. Maturity: You have to grow up to go up. If you show the way, people will want to follow you. The higher you go, the greater the number of people who will be willing to travel with you.

Facing difficulties is inevitable. Learning from them is optional.