But with the steady disintegration of the family in modern society over the last century, the role of the school in bridging the gap has become vital!

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.

To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before.

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

Integrity is conforming reality to our words - in other words, keeping promises and fulfilling expectations.

Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.

Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.

When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it's like giving them emotional oxygen.

Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.

If life is a bowl of cherries, what's inside of it?

In the twilight of a silent coast, under the beautiful stars, immortality visits you!

I will forever be thankful to the Malawians and international community, and my professional army and army general, who said: 'No, we will follow the constitution.' That's why I'm here.

The difference between animals and humans is that animals change themselves for the environment, but humans change the environment for themselves.

Replace what you don't know about the future with what you do know about God!

It's really nice when life comes full circle and you get to work with people four years down the line.

It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun.

I wouldn't have believed it. I still barely do, truthfully. I'm so continually fortunate that I keep coming across these smart, interesting, creative people who pick me. It's just stupendous.

The most important thing in my father's life? World peace. Me and my brother. My mom.

I don't really think of my essays as being about myself. I know it sounds insane, but I just don't think of them as a memoir. They're essays; they're not an autobiography.