If you can prevent one fight among your children, let it be the fight for your attention.

Assertiveness is most effective when least applied.

It is difficult to prove yourself reliable when people are required to wait for you.

Hypocrisy is the audacity to preach integrity from a den of corruption.

Dignity is the reward of holding oneself accountable to conscience.

Being assertive in the home does not produce any smiling faces, but it does bring out a few tongues.

In mere moments of togetherness, families forge their most indelibe memories.

Good men are bound by conscience and liberated by accountability.

Few moments in life are more gratifying than those when the arrogant are exposed as the ignorant.

Fairness is man's ability to rise above his prejudices.

A cheerful demeanor makes brighter the day; as the sun, chasing darkness and sorrow away.

It is easier to lie to yourself than hear others tell you that tell you that you are a fool.

Power is a drug on which the politicians are hooked. They buy it from the voters using the voters' own money.

I'm most happy when I am writing at night, because I need space and time to write.

From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.

A train will bring you back to the place you came from, but it will not return you home.

Men become cannibals of their own hearts; remorse, regret, and restless impatience usurp the place of more wholesome feeling: every thing seems better than that which is.

Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure.

Not facing a fire doesn't put it out.

Since September 11, the U.S. has significantly improved its security to prevent another attack.