The key to success isn't just thinking about what we are doing but doing something about what we are thinking.

A learning organization is an organization that is continually expanding its capacity to create its future.

You cannot force commitment, what you can do…You nudge a little here, inspire a little there, and provide a role model. Your primary influence is the environment you create.

All great things have small beginnings.

The organizations that will truly excel in the future will be the organizations that discover how to tap people's commitment and capacity to learn at all levels in an organization.

The world is made of Circles And we think in straight Lines

Systems thinking is a discipline for seeing wholes. It is a framework for seeing interrelationships rather than things, for seeing ‘patterns of change’ rather than static ‘snapshots.’

The gap between vision and current reality is also a source of energy. If there were no gap, there would be no need for any action to move towards the vision. We call this gap creative tension.

A shared vision is not an idea...it is rather, a force in people's hearts...at its simplest level, a shared vision is the answer to the question 'What do we want to create?

Mental models are deeply ingrained assumptions, generalizations, or even pictures of images that influence how we understand the world and how we take action.

Don't push growth; remove the factors limiting growth.

It is useful to study different traditions in order to be free of attachment to any one way of expressing what is beyond expression. (x)

Pray patiently.Pray purposefully.Pray painstakingly.Pray perfectly.

This is a place where grandmothers hold babies on their laps under the stars and whisper in their ears that the lights in the sky are holes in the floor of heaven.

Looking for positives is always wise in any situation that you may encounter.

What happens when good people are put into an evil place? Do they triumph or does the situation dominate their past history and morality?

For me, the wheelchair symbolizes disability in a way a cane does not.

It is easier to die when the heart is full of gratitude.

Elegance isn't solely defined by what you wear. It's how you carry yourself, how you speak, what you read.

Geologists claim that although the world is running out of oil, there is still a 200-hundred-year supply of brake fluid.

Seeing the way that God has been faithful to work what appears to be a tragedy for our good and His glory has been the greatest source of joy and comfort. The gift of a son is pretty amazing as well.