“Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.”

“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.”

“Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.”

“Nothing but God ever completely satisfies, because the soul was made for God. Don’t starve your soul.”

“a manager “is not a person who can do the work better than his men; he is a person who can get his men to do the work better than he can.”

“Don't worry when you are not recognized but strive to be worthy of recognition”

“No, you can't deny women their basic rights and pretend it's about your 'religious freedom'. If you don't like birth control, don't use it. Religious freedom doesn't mean you can force others to live by your own beliefs.”

“Motivation is the fuel, necessary to keep the human engine running.”

“Meanwhile spring arrived. My old dejection passed away and gave place to the unrest which spring brings with it, full of dreams and vague hopes and desires.”

“The only tyrant I accept is the still, small voice within me.”

As a leader, one must sometimes take actions that are unpopular, or whose results will not be known for years to come.”

“Speak up TODAY and say something positive. Even a tombstone will say something good about people when they are dead.”

“Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done.”

“Love is the strongest force the world possesses and yet it is the humblest imaginable.”

“right; maybe once you stripped away the rationalizations, it always came down to a simple matter of escape. An escape from poverty or boredom or crime or the shackles of your skin.”