Don't steamroll your way into a conversation before establishing any relational credibility.
It's a huge responsibility to have influence and to steward it in a way that leads to God-honoring leadership.
This is the only leadership life I get, my one and only shot at following God the way I feel him prompting me to do so. This isn't some pre-game warm-up. It's the game, and the clock is ticking!
You don't have to be any more talented, any richer, any slimmer, any smarter, any more or less of anything to partner with God. All you have to be is willing to be used by him in everyday way
The only way to motivate people is to live a motivated life in front of them