It is dangerous if our identity as a leader becomes more important than our identity as a child of God.

If you could get all the people in an organization rowing in the same direction, you could dominate any industry, in any market, against any competition, at any time.

Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare.

Trust is knowing that when a team member does push you, they're doing it because they care about the team.

Success is not a matter of mastering subtle, sophisticated theory but rather of embracing common sense with uncommon levels of discipline and persistence.

Members of trusting teams admit weaknesses and mistakes, take risks in offering feedback and assistance, and focus time and energy on important issues, not politics.

When there is trust, conflict becomes nothing but the pursuit of truth, an attempt to find the best possible answer.

Remember teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.

Great teams do not hold back with one another. They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry. They admit their mistakes, their weaknesses, and their concerns without fear of reprisal.

If you’re not interested in getting better, it’s time for you to stop leading.

It's as simple as this. When people don't unload their opinions and feel like they've been listened to, they won't really get on board.

Not matter what your sacred or religious book is, it's not how well you know the book, it's how well you're in alignment with the author.

Due to your merit karma, your efforts will bring you success and when the merit karma is expended, your efforts will bring in losses.

Your flag flyin' over the courthouse Means certain things are set in stone. Who we are, what we'll do and what we won't

Americans expect to eat and stay thin, to be constantly on the move and ever more neighborly ... to revere God and be God.

Honestly, there was a time after I came out that I really did not think I would be working again.

If you can have a couple of tight friends that you can tell things to, that you can say, 'Hey, this is what I'm struggling with,' and then pray and talk about it, then that's an incredible thing.

For the first time in my life I feel important. I'd like to have five babies

I get a lot of letters - a lot of letters saying, who knew that you were funny?

A young man without ambition is an old man waiting to be.

But let the frame of things disjoint, both the worlds suffer, Ere we will eat our meal in fear, and sleep In the affliction of these terrible dreams That shake us nightly.