Encourage means to put courage into, and discourage is to take courage away. Don't be a courage thief.

Success is like a seed: the more you plant, the more you receive.

You don't gain authority by raising your voice. You prove you don't have any.

You don't gain authority by raising your voice. You prove you don't any.

If you're not parenting on purpose, don't be surprised when you get chaos from the children.

If parents were as concerened about raising their children as they are about the outcome of their sitcom or sports game, this nation would thrive.

Parenting the outside of the child is as useless as polishing a rotten apple.

Humility is recognizing we can't give anything to God that He hasn't already given to us.

Don't waste your time complaining, use your energy to create a solution. Even a 10% resolution is progress.

Don't stare at the past or you'll walk right by today's opportunity. Today is God's gift to you.

Divided attention destroys best intentions. Singular focus is the friend to success.

The trumpet is a very violent instrument - probably one of the most archaic of all the modern instruments. It's physically really demanding: you have to stay in pretty good shape.

You’ve got to guess at worst cases: No model will tell you that. My rule of thumb is double the worst that you have ever seen.

Infuse heart, soul, spirit and passion because talent is not enough

Dogs bark at a person whom they do not know.

Poems are always interested in what Ivan Illich called 'shadow work,' not least because that is no small part of their own way of working.

Women who pay their own rent don't have to be nice.

It was the cowards who died many times before their death.

I'm not gonna change my way of dance because I lost and the judge tells me I should do it a certain way.

Even after many years, kata practice is never finished, for there is always something new to be learned about executing a movement.

Twenty years from now, there will still be a square screen, maybe even larger, and people will be sitting in a large, dark space, and they won't know each other unless they bring friends along.