Leaders are effective because of who they are on the inside—in the qualities that make them up as people. And to go to the highest level of leadership, people have to develop these traits from the inside out.

Social influence doesn't become leadership influence until the people following change their behavior and take action as a result of the interaction with the influencer.

Influencing others is a matter of disposition, not position.

Influence begins with who you are.

Make developing leaders a priority. It will require you to shift from doing to developing. It will require you to believe in people. And it will require you to share the load. Leadership is the art of helping people change from who they're thought to be to who they ought to be.

Kids are taking PCs and the Internet to new heights. They're the ones that are designing the cutting-edge web sites.

Always remember the essence of Christian holiness is simplicity and purity: one design, one desire: entire devotion to God.

If your desire is to be successful or to make a positive impact on your world, you need to become a person of influence.

When I was a bit younger, I loved Rufus Wainwright - just the fact that he existed.

Glenn Slater is my lyricist who, of the new young lyricists coming along, is the most exciting, I think.

Work on your character and a good life will come to you.

We don't think much about how our love stories will affect the world, but they do. Children learn what's worth living for and what's worth dying for by the stories they watch us live. I want to teach our children how to get scary close, and more, how to be brave. I want to teach them that love is worth what it costs.