You can't lead without taking risk. You won't take risk without courage. Courage is essential to leadership.

Leaders understand the unique roles of confidence and caution. Courage requires both. David's caution did not keep him from the battle, but neither did he allow his confidence to blind him to the need to select his stones with care.

Courage in a strategic moment can change the playing field dramatically.

As a next generation leader you already possess the talent and intuition necessary to lead. But chances are it is your courage that will establish you as a leader in the minds of others. To put it in perspective, try to identify a leader worth following who didn't pop up on the public radar screen as a result of a decision or action that required courage.

An unwillingness to accept risk has swamped more leaders than anything I can think of.

It was a shock to everyone when I became a rapper. Huge shock to everyone. But I knew it all along. I just didn't want to tell anybody cause then it's like, What if it doesn't work?

Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for - because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.

Too many Christians have a commitment of convenience. They'll stay faithful as long as it's safe and doesn't involve risk, rejection, or criticism. Instead of standing alone in the face of challenge or temptation, they check to see which way their friends are going.

He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.

George W. Bush is not preoccupied with his legacy - nor with his popularity. He never has been. He has always led based on core conviction and strong principles and has believed that time and distance would allow for context.

I just don't want to be the damsel in distress. I'll scream on the balcony, but you've got to let me do a little action here.

Freedom lies in being bold.