Articles by Dr. Brian C. Stiller

Jesuit heroism is not just a response to a crisis but a consciously chosen approach to life; it is judged not by the scale of the opportunity but by the quality of the response to the opportunity at hand.

As each Goose flaps it wings, it creates an 'up lift' for the bird following. By flying in a V formation, the whole flock adds 71% greater flying range than if each bird flew alone.

Once you've figured out what you want to do, find someone who has done it before... If they share your values and aspirations, and if they freely share their counsel, they can help you through rough patches and celebrate your victories as their own.

A modern assumption is that to have a calling is to experience self-fulfillment in that calling.

I need discernment when looking for a new place of ministry or vocation. For in my search, the need may not be so much a call for a geographical cure as much as a call for a cure of a different sort.

Some people assume that learning about God's bigness necessitates negative obsession with their own smallness. You might hear them say things like, 'I am not valuable' or 'I have nothing to offer.' Such statements do not honor the nature and authority of God; they demean it.

It is not the critic who counts.

Complaint is the soil in which seeds of destructive attitudes are planted.

What is true for leaders is, for better or worse: we are our own raw material.

I will consider, as if I were at the point of death, what procedure and norm I will at that time wish I had used in the manner of making the present election. Then, guiding myself by that norm, I should make my decision on the whole matter.

It is sometimes frightening to observe the success which comes even to the outlaw with a polished technique... but I believe we must reckon with character in the end, for it is as potent a force in world conflict as it is in our own domestic affairs. It strikes the last blow in any battle.

People discover and respond to the future as much as they plan it.

Leadership is taking the way of least resistance.