No question about it: potential is wrapped in great mystery. Like rainbows, which are really circles-we see only the upper halves, the horizon hides the rest-potential never reveals its entirety.

Leaders don't inflict pain - they share pain.

To be a leader means, especially, having the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those who permit leaders to lead.

Leadership is liberating people to do what is required of them in the most effective and humane way possible.

We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet; and amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog has made an alliance with us.

The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.

When trust permeates a ministry, great things are possible, not the least of which is an opportunity to reach the ministry's potential.