A good shepherd has a positive influence on his people through "inward work", i.e. working on them from the inside.

Don’t just pray, but reach out in prayer to get an understanding of God’s plan, of His revelation and vision for your life.

We mustn’t just simply pray, but rather ask God about His desires and plans. This is the prayer of enquiry

A good pastor knows how to trust people and how to give them authority to fulfill all kinds of tasks. He tries to make himself unnoticed and unnecessary. Don’t be indispensable!

God always gives grace to the person who knows how to humble himself before Him and who sets his hopes on Him. God only gives grace to humble people.

A lot depends on the small things

People who want to get everything all at once, usually end up getting nothing in life.

Jesus preached to crowds of thousands and hundreds of thousands of people, in order to make only twelve of them into His disciples, He took time to work with each person individually

Start focusing your attention on the people that God puts you with, even if they hate you, even if they persecute you and speak bad things about you. Work with them and pray for them!

A real pastor will always show respect for people.

Learn to wait on the Lord! That will help you to walk your pathway in life in the power and glory of God.

He who has God and everything else has no more than he who has God only.

A ‘biomass’ man repeats what he sees

When we give out to others we are also giving to our selves. It builds a life of meaning

I have absolutely no plans and no expectations of ever being a candidate again.

There is one story and one story only.

I write in blood because I remember what it felt like to bleed.

To become comfortable with uncertainty is one of the primary goals in the training of a physician.

Everybody thinks they are right

Up until the War of the Roses there had been continual conflict in England.

New York has their own character. I love the fans here. They are very honest, and I love that.