Good pain is pain in the service of a purpose. Bad pain is pain endured because we are resisting a needed growth step.

We change our behavior when the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of changing. Consequences give us the pain that motivates us to change.

A good test of a relationship is how a person responds to the word 'no.' Love respects 'no,' control does not.

When you encourage someone, it literally changes their brain chemistry to be able to perform... sends fuel to the brain.

The human heart will seek to be known, understood, and connected with above all else. If you do not connect, the ones you care about will find someone who will.

In the end, as a leader, you are always going to get a combination of two things: what you create and what you allow.

Boundaries are basically about providing structure, and structure is essential in building anything that thrives.

The fool tries to adjust the truth so he does not have to adjust to it.

Whatever's happening today, remember it is only ONE SCENE in a long movie. Don't treat it like it's the whole story. Keep writing the story.

Leadership is not taken, it is given. People give leadership to those that they trust. They allow people that they trust to have influence over their lives.

Consequences give us the pain that motivates us to change.

Live your best sacred-life. It is only one-time in history.

Know that dreaming is a waste of sleeping time and energy if you don’t wake up to achieve them.

Not sorry, not calling, not cryingAll will pass like smoke of white apple treesSeized by the gold of autumn, I will no longer be young.

See everything: overlook a great deal: correct a little.

All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.

Being fit helps me improve my concentration, my will power and even my determination.

Love is one and the same in the original; but there are a thousand different copies of it.

Stop listening to people telling us we need to hate each other

I don't want to hear any drama [about me]. I don't want any negativity. I don't want to hear what's on the blog. I don't care what others say about me.

Race is a very sensitive subject.