We've got to build scale. We're going to hire the best people, build the best systems, and find solutions..

I want you to be a connoisseur of great questions? Here's one - what would we do if we had no money?.

I truly feel that food is a celebration of life. It's the most important, most valuable gift that God gave humans..

Charitable giving in the United States has remained at 2% of GDP since 1970..

The solutions the non-profits are trying to provide aren't keeping pace with the problems they're trying to survive..

Talent matters. Systems matter. Strategies matter. We can't just bring nice people together and think we're going to solve the world's problems..

Listen more than you talk..

Fundraising requires looking someone eye-to-eye and say, "Will you help me" and don't say another thing. Just listen to them..

I love everybody but I don't have to hire everybody..

Asking for money is better over coffee than over a computer..

I have to look at our staff and ask the hard question - Would I hire them again?.

Keep your character several steps ahead of your talent.

If we're not careful we spiritualize laziness..

Walk humbly but walk confidently. People want to follow confident, humble leaders..

What's it like to be on the other side of me?.

Attempt something so great for God that it is doomed to fail unless God is in it, and you're in it as well..

The people you listen to are a preview of the future you..

Excellence requires us to prepare in advance..

Who is in your life asking you the tough questions?.

I eat "NOs" for breakfast..

Excellence is a signal to God that we are going to dig our ditches but if You don't make it rain, all of this is a waste of time..