If you want to have a good friend, you first must be a good friend.

Few things will pay you bigger dividends in life than the time and trouble you take to understand people and build relationships. As

In the church we have to deliberately let ourselves be transparent and accountable to others. We're a family.

Our churches are being destroyed by gossip. What is it about us that wants to hear all the garbage?

Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.

Never, never pin your whole faith on any human being: not if he is the best and wisest in the whole world. There are lots of nice things you can do with sand; but do not try building a house on it.

She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life.

The more credible you are, the more confidence people place in you, thereby allowing you the privilege of influencing their lives.

It is possible to be honest every day. It is possible to live so that others can trust us-can trust our words, our motives, and our actions. Our examples are vital to those who sit at our feet as well as those who watch from a distance. Our own constant self-improvement will become as a polar star to those within our individual spheres of influence. They will remember longer what they saw in us than what they heard from us. Our attitude, our point of view, can make a tremendous difference.

Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,

Leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less. How do you gain influence from people? You invest in them. How do you invest in them? It starts with giving them time.

Experience is a doorway, not a final goal. Beware of building your faith on experience, or your life will not ring true and will only sound the note of a critical spirit.