God is so much bigger than our ‘what ifs’ that he can turn them into ‘why nots

Coachable leaders are ready and willing to make the needed changes and adjustments in their lives.

Leaders live by reality and not by assumptions!

God’s discipline has nothing to do with rejection but more to do with refinement.

Two types of leaders: there are thinkers and there are doers. Some are idea generators and others are the implementers.

Spiritual authority is the direct result of God doing a greater work in the deeper areas of a leader’s life.

A hardness to change reveals a hardness of heart.

Leading a missional church is not for the faint of heart. It takes courage to push yourself beyond your comfort zone and to lead the church beyond it personal limits.

Intimacy with God is not experienced through monolog prayers but through reflective listening as well as earnest petitioning.

Hearing God’s voice is indispensable to moving through or around closed doors.

Leaders are passionate learners. Leaders are always seeking ways to improve themselves by sharpening their skills. They fully embrace the fact that growing leaders lead growing organizations.

Eyes can't sense a smell of rain before it drops.Mind can't see event of future before it happens.

Laughter is sweet when enjoyed alone. But it becomes sweeter when you enjoy it together with the people around you. Your success must lead to the success others.

I wake up every morning and I wish I were dead, and so does Jim.

Once you believe in who you are and who you were born to be, it can be very powerful.

Indeed, loft aspirations produce ideas.

Ah, how skillful grows the hand That obeyeth Love's command! It is the heart, and not the brain, That to the highest doth attain, And he who followeth Love's behest Far excelleth all the rest!

I simply adore being alone - I find it a consuming thirst - and when that thirst is slaked, then I am happy.

O Woman, you are not merely the handiwork of God, but also of men; these are ever endowing you with beauty from their own hearts ... You are one-half woman and one-half dream.

You'll never be great at anything you're not passionate about.

A good lover will behave just as elegantly at dawn as at any other time.