You must grapple with four realities—market realities, core competencies, stakeholder wants and needs, and values—before you will fully comprehend and be prepared to execute the pathfinding role.

God only pours out his light into the mind after having subdued the rebellion of the will by an altogether heavenly gentleness which charms and wins it.

That's true, but it could also improve my self-esteem. And at times like these, self-esteem is even more vital than food.

Wealth isn’t embodied in a car but in the freedom to know that you can buy it.

God does not give us what we deserve. He has drenched his world in grace.

While successful culture can look and feel like magic, the truth is that it’s not. Culture is a set of living relationships working toward a shared goal. It’s not something you are. It’s something you do.

The first flaw is perspective. We have a hard time seeing any system that we are in.

It's enough that it's something of importance to the characters, something worth the risk of dying for. It's a Holy Grail or a Golden Fleece, a symbol of all the desires that draw heroes into quests.

Skepticism calls for pessimism when optimism is excessive. But it also calls for optimism when pessimism is excessive.

What sets great leaders apart from all other leaders is this: they act before others and they do more than others.