Hopelessness has surprised me with patience.

Without reflection, we go blindly on our way.

There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.

When we seek for connection, we restore the world to wholeness. Our seemingly separate lives become meaningful as we discover how truly necessary we are to each other.

Very great change starts from very small conversations, held among people who care.

Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful.

I think a major act of leadership right now, call it a radical act, is to create the places and processes so people can actually learn together, using our experiences

I think we have to notice that the business processes we use right now for thinking and planning and budgeting and strategy are all delivered on very tight agendas.

[A]ll change, even very large and powerful change, begins when a few people start talking with one another about something they care about.

It's not differences that divide us. It's our judgments about each other that do.

Leadership is a series of behaviors rather than a role for heroes.

Wisdom is a great prophet, faith is a great warrior, knowledge is a great sage, and virtue is a great priest.

If seeds despaired in their darkest hours, they would never rise to enjoy their brightest days.

Ask yourself the question: If I don't do it, who will? If you find the answer is no one will do it, then do it yourself.

I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.

All life goes in a circle, around and around, you started at one place, and then came right back to it again.

I get to meet fantastic people, and I get to go through so many emotions. For me, I have a craving for that. When I'm acting, I feel great. It's not to be famous.

There were a handful of shows that were just painful. Not many, but things where I just said going into it, "Why am I here? What am I doing?"

Gratitude creates the most wonderful feeling. It can resolve disputes. It can strengthen friendships. And it makes us better men and women.

In sports, people reach their peak very early. You have to move on. I don't know if I will ever surpass what I did at the Olympics, but I'm still doing the work I always wanted to do.

At the beginning, all we have is the vision. At that point God expects us to begin walking in obedience according to the dream He has given us.