“Someday all of us will give account of the way we have used the gifts God has given. The person to whom much has been given will find much required of him.”
“There are three of you. There is the person you think you are. There is the person others think you are. There is the person God knows you are and can be through Christ.”
“A leader is best When people barely know he exists Of a good leader, who talks little, When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, They will say, “We did this ourselves.”
“Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait for the extraordinary moment — that which they cannot anticipate.”
“Embedded in the larger story of redemption is a principle we must not miss: God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things in the lives of others.”