“People who achieve their potential do so because they invest in themselves every day.”

“Failure results from bad breaks.”

“We the uninformed, working for the inaccessible, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful!”

“If you are to become more sensitive, you must be willing to take a risk. Take the initiative to find a need and take action.”

“We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.”

“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.”

“The challenge of leadership is to create change and facilitate growth.”

“Good leaders listen, learn, and then lead.”

“The best way to become a person that others are drawn to is to develop qualities that we are attracted to in others.

“I may not be able to change the world I see around me, but I can change what I see within me.”

“To put significance in our stories, we must also take action. Being passive may feel safe. If you do nothing, nothing can go wrong. But while inaction cannot fail, it cannot succeed either. We can wait, and hope, and wish, but if we do, we miss the stories our lives could be.”

“Isn’t it strange how we must surrender being right in order to find what’s right, how humility enables us to be authentic, vulnerable, trustworthy, and intimate with others? People are open to those who are open to them.”

“Everything rises and falls on leadership.”

“Every successful person is someone who failed, yet never regarded himself as a failure.”

“By failing to prepare you are preparing to fail.