• Excerpt On Leadership

    "Do the right thing and do things right." Great leaders are aware of the right thing to do while identifying and modifying the efficiency and effectiveness of the process, to attain the desired outcome. *********** Do things efficiently and effectively while doing things that are morally and ethically right.

  • Excerpt On Encouragement

    " The prettiest lilies grow in the muddiest ponds. " Lilies are unique because they can grow in dirty soil or mud. Still, their beauty is symbolic of purity, royalty, passion, rebirth, prosperity, abundance, confidence, pride, wealth, thankfulness, and desire for enjoyment. Besides being pleasing to the eye, water lilies do a great deal to maintain the well-being of the ponds they inhabit. They provide shade to keep the water temperature down during the hot summer months. These words, spoken to me by my 7th-grade teacher, Mrs. Cynthia McCottry Smith, gave wings to a little girl living in public housing on the east side of Charleston, SC. She re-enforced what Mother always said to us, as listed throughout this book. Cinny, my love and thoughts are with you always.

  • Excerpt Regarding Salvation

    " Living without God is living beneath your privilege." The gift of the Holy Spirit is one of the greatest blessings available to followers of Jesus. Through the Word of God and His promises, gifts of God have been given to His children. These gifts are accessed through true fellowship, not just fellowship in Christ. ***** If we don't recognize our gifts from God, and lay claim to those things, then they will forever be lost to us. We are living beneath our privilege. *****"Until now, you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete." (John 16:24 NIV). Don't be content to live beneath the privileges that your birthright has purchased for you.

  • Excerpt to warn or admonish

    "Don't cast your pearls before the swine.
     To give or offer something valuable to someone who does not understand its value is a useless activity. ****Do not waste good things on people who will not appreciate them. ****"Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces." Matthew 7:6

  • Excerpt on Advice from Daddy

    "A good man always takes care of his family first." Real men take care of and support their families always.**** The most incredible honor and duty that any man has is the honor of caring for his family.

  • Excerpt on Awakening to your season in life

    " Don't keep jumping back in the same hole from which you just escaped."
    We should not continue to do the same thing and expect a different result. (Insanity) If the situation was such that you had to get out of it, then you shouldn't go back expecting that the problem has or will change.****Count the cost and keep moving forward.