A father who denies a child of his attention is no better than a fully-equipped medic who watches idly as a soldier bleeds to death.

Assertiveness is most effective when least applied.

It is difficult to prove yourself reliable when people are required to wait for you.

Hypocrisy is the audacity to preach integrity from a den of corruption.

Dignity is the reward of holding oneself accountable to conscience.

Being assertive in the home does not produce any smiling faces, but it does bring out a few tongues.

In mere moments of togetherness, families forge their most indelibe memories.

Good men are bound by conscience and liberated by accountability.

Few moments in life are more gratifying than those when the arrogant are exposed as the ignorant.

Fairness is man's ability to rise above his prejudices.

A cheerful demeanor makes brighter the day; as the sun, chasing darkness and sorrow away.

We believe in the unseen God. So we dare the impossible, which is possible by God’s grace.

Parents are people who yell and they yell and they yell and they yell. And you already have the point... and they're still yelling.

Mysticism is the hidden way. It is the most difficult to discuss, because it involves the exploration of perceptual states which are difficult to describe in words.

Dead men would start and move toward me to learn of love.

When Nicklaus plays wells well, he wins. When he plays badly, he finishes second. When he plays terribly, he finishes third.

I sort of loved the bustle of a thousand questions. Women are inherently kind of multitaskers.

The United States is a country where everybody can start again.

I'm fanatical about sport: there seems to me something almost religious about the fact that human beings can organise play, the spirit of play.

As far as young kids go, my primary interest is to get parents to read to their kids. That’s about the most you can do, I think.

I can disappear into things very easily. But with acting, you have to be in the moment, and it gives me this incredibly fulfilling emotion: being really present.