“When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.”

“A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.”

“You are today where your thoughts have brought you. You will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.”

“People can perceive a lot in seven seconds. They can decide that they do not want to hear anything a speaker has to say,”

“Nobody wanders his or her way to a dream, and nobody achieves a dream by accident. Don't shortcut the process and risk cheating yourself out of your dream!”

“The Cost and Expectation of Leadership Leviticus 7:33–35 Aaron, like many leaders throughout history, received a divine calling. God chose Aaron and his sons to serve as Israel’s priests and charged them with carrying out rituals and sacrifices on behalf of all Israelites. Scripture gives meticulous detail to their ordination and calling. Their conduct was to be beyond reproach—and God made it crystal clear that failure to uphold His established guidelines would result in death. Numerous accounts in the Book of Leviticus demonstrate the high cost and expectation that goes with a holy calling to leadership positions. As the high priest, Aaron was the only one authorized to enter the Most Holy Place and appear before the very presence of God. The Lord set Aaron apart for his holy work. Despite his high calling, Aaron struggled with his authority and later caved in to the depraved wishes of the people. He failed at a crucial juncture and led Israel in a pagan worship service, an abomination that led to the deaths of many Israelites. Aaron had been set apart for God’s service, but he chose to live and lead otherwise. The failure of a leader usually results in consequences far more grave than the fall of a non-leader. On the day Aaron failed, “about three thousand men of the people fell [died]” (Ex. 32:28). When leaders fail, followers pay the price.”

“Pain prompts us to face who we are and where we are. What we do with that experience defines who we become.”

“You never really know something until you teach it to someone else.”

“You will never change your life until you change something you do daily.”

“The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place, but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.”

“A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.”