“Here’s a question every angry man and woman needs to consider: How long are you going to allow people you don’t even like — people who are no longer in your life, maybe even people who aren’t even alive anymore — to control your life? How long?”

“When a plan or strategy fails, people are tempted to assume it was the wrong vision. Plans and strategies can always be changed and improved. But vision doesn't change. Visions are simply refined with time.”

“Greed is not a financial issue. It's a heart issue.”

“There will be very few occasions when you are absolutely certain about anything. You will consistently be called upon to make decisions with limited information. That being the case, your goal should not be to eliminate uncertainty. Instead, you must develop the art of being clear in the face of uncertainty.”

“Uncertainty is a permanent part of the leadership landscape. It never goes away.”

“Uncertainty is not an indication of poor leadership it underscores the need for leadership. ”

“Preachers prepare with this fear: 'Am I going to be able to fill the time?' The audience never worries about that.”

“Leadership is all about taking people on a journey. The challenge is that most of the time, we are asking people to follow us to places we ourselves have never been.”

“Loyalty publicly results in leverage privately.”

“We rob ourselves when we make decisions in the moment with no thought of how those decisions will impact our futures.”

“Whenever pastors assume people in their congregation know certain things, they miss opportunities to teach. If a pastor makes assumptions year after year, then a whole generation has never heard [that truth] for the first time. If we assume too much, we communicate too little.”