Controlling others is the cornerstone of dysfunctional families.

Making amends is not only saying the words but also being willing to listen to how your behavior caused another’s pain, and then the really hard part…changing behavior.

The more severe the dysfunction you experienced growing up, the more difficult boundaries are for you.

The greater the pain associated with love, the more likely a person is to be attracted to others who will inflict this pain…for isn’t this what love is? Hurt people tend to hurt other people.

It is one thing to know about your dysfunctional habits but quite another to change them.

If you are looking for love under rocks or bringing home water moccasins, you might be confusing love and pain.

Sitting on the hot seat of change requires much courage, patience, and persistence.

If we want to improve, first we have to recognize our own maladaptive coping skills, called codependency, then change.

Change will not successfully happen unless the emotional component is solved.

Putting labels on others creates a black hole of disregard where judgment thrives and schisms deepen.

Change is hard, difficult, painful, and often messy

My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success. I. Newton

I don't want or need to gain respect with what I do off the court. I want respect for what I do on the court.

Soldiers are citizens of death's grey land, drawing no dividend from time's tomorrows.

I'm an inveterate fox and not a hedgehog, so I always think you should try everything

Voting is the most precious right of every citizen, and we have a moral obligation to ensure the integrity of our voting process.

Magazines, books, novels, TV, internet, movies - all of those things is what creates our consciousness.

If a secret is revealed, the person who has confided it to another is to be blamed.

I find myself fascinating.

The greatest change in corporate culture - and the way business is being conducted - may be the accelerated growth of relationships based... on partnership.

Remember this-you can't serve God and Money, but you can serve God with money.