When you understand that life is a test, you realize that nothing is insignificant in your life.

I have done political things, I couldn't care less about politics. I have zero interest in politics, really. They don't allure me. I have no interest in them, because if I could believe the law could change people's behavior then I would become a politician. But only Christ can change the heart.

In 30 years of travel and training leaders -164 nations - I've never met anyone who didn't need massive doses of love.

Great leaders inspire. They maintain a hopeful attitude, even in the face of discouraging setbacks, constant criticism and abundant opposition. People don't follow discouraged leaders. They follow those who persist with hope.

The instructor is always silent when the test is given... ...When God is silent in your life... You are being tested.

I really do feel that these people are brothers and sisters in God's family. I am looking to build bridges with the Orthodox Church, looking to build bridges with the Catholic Church, with the Anglican church.

Without a purpose, life is motion without meaning, activity without direction, and events without reason.