“While it is wise to learn from experience, it is wiser to learn from the experiences of others.”

“God intentionally allows you to go through painful experiences to equip you for ministry to others.”

“Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you. Don’t waste your pain; use it to help others.”

“Resentment always hurts you more than it does the person you resent. While your offender has probably forgotten the offense and gone on with life, you continue to stew in your pain, perpetuating the past. Listen: those who hurt you in the past cannot continue to hurt you now unless you hold on to the pain through resentment. Your past is past! Nothing will change it. You are only hurting yourself with your bitterness. For your own sake, learn from it, and then let it go.”

“the moment you stop learning, you stop leading.”

“The only really happy people are those who have learned how to serve.”

“The truth is, almost everything we do is done poorly when we first start doing it – that’s how we learn.”