Children are gifts. They are not ours for the breaking. They are ours for the making.

The goal was never dependent on the route that took me there. It was always dependent on the heart that got me through whatever route opened itself up to my efforts.

Sometimes to be a good parent... You have to laugh when you want to be angry. You have to be angry when you want to laugh. And that is why good parenting is tough.

If bullies actually believe that somebody loves them and believes in them, they will love themselves, they will become better people, and many will even become saviors to the bullied.

A lot of people don't like me. I take that as evidence that I have done something beautifully different or something extraordinary.

People who love themselves, don’t hurt other people. The more we hate ourselves, the more we want others to suffer.

Saturday mornings, I’ve learned, are a great opportunity for kids to sneak into your bed, fall back asleep, and kick you in the face.

It’s time we stand up and demand more of the fathers of this world. It’s time we stop buying into their rationalizations and their sorry explanations. It’s time we give our kids a fighting chance.

Parenting is the greatest pay it forward system on earth. We don't owe our parents anything. We owe our children everything. The same was true for our parents. The same will be true for our children.

Fishing is much less about the fishing, and much more about the time alone with your kid, away from the hustle and bustle of the everyday.

If you want to change the world, first change yourself, then tell others how you did it. Never demand that people change. Inspire them to change using your own change as an example instead.

How the past perishes is how the future becomes.

Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.

Success doesn’t just find you. You have to go out and get it.

Don't do things to not die, do things to enjoy living. The by-product may be not dying.

As a writer you sometimes feel the need to shake things up.

It is my belief that we all have the need to feel special. It is this need that can bring out the best in us, yet the worst in us.

Oh, how we need to wake up to the fact that the Holy Spirit’s blessing and power is the key to everything.

Giving tuition breaks to the children of illegal immigrants needs to stop.

I cannot pretend i am not without fear.

Send Love in Some Form to those you Believe have Wronged you, & Notice How Much Better you Feel