Attending church does not necessarily mean living the principles taught in those meeting. You can be active in a church but inactive in its gospel.

If you can hire people whose passion intersects with the job, they won't require any supervision at all. They will manage themselves better than anyone could ever manage them. Their fire comes from within, not from without. Their motivation is internal, not external.

Remember that our reactions are a product of our perceptions, and our perceptions are a result of what is at the center of our life.

Beginners are many; finishers are few.

Be a light, not a judge, be a model not a critic. Little by little, your circle of influence will explode and you will avoid the emotional metastasizing cancers of complaining, criticizing, competing, comparing and cynicism, all which reflect victimization, all of which are the opposite of being proactive.

Trust is equal parts character and competence... You can look at any leadership failure, and it's always a failure of one or the other.

Most people are basically a victim of the circumstances of their life. They have things like 9/11, they have terrorism threats, they have new war threats, they have economy problems, and they think, 'What can I do? I'm basically a victim.'