Always turn to God in the midst of your struggle and view people who offended you as instruments of divine sovereignty.
To be a leader you must be able to create positive change.
Creative leaders inherently know when rules need to be challenged, and they can see when a more flexible approach should be taken.
Plan and execute your first failure so that you no longer have to fear it.
There are two paths people can take. They can either play now and pay later, or pay now and play later. Regardless of the choice, one thing is certain. Life will demand a payment.
The unsuccessful person is burdened by learning, and prefers to walk down familiar paths. Their distaste for learning stunts their growth and limits their influence.
Success is due to our stretching to the challenges of life. Failure comes when we shrink from them.
Every new level of growth we hope to experience as leaders calls for a new level of change. You cannot have one without the other. If you want to be a better leader, get ready to make some trades.
When problems confront successful leaders, they get excited about the opportunity.
Change means traveling in uncharted waters and this causes our securities to rise.
Integrity is not so much what we do as much as who we are.
Personnel determines the potential of the team. Vision determines the direction of the team. Work ethic determines the preparation of the team. Leadership determines the success of the team.
I may not be able to change the world I see around me, but I can change the way I see the world within me.
The key choices you make-apart from the natural talent you already have-will set you apart from others who have talent alone.
Making matters worse is people’s natural inclination to be easy on themselves, judging themselves according to their good intentions-while holding others to a higher standard and judging them by their worst actions.
A leader’s attitude is caught by his or her followers more quickly than his or her actions.
Tenacious people don’t rely on luck, fate, or destiny for their success. And when conditions become difficult, they keep working.
Dreams don’t work unless you do.
Find your vision, and let it guide you in all that you do. If you lack vision, look inside yourself. Draw on your natural gifts and desires.
Ordinary people with commitment can make an extraordinary impact on their world.