The natural response to evaluation is to feel judged. We have to mature to a place where we respond to it with gratitude, and love feedback.

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.

Prayer leads to peace.

Just because you can't read doesn't make you dumb. It just means you haven't learned yet.

My path is not a better path, it is simply a different path.

How do we deal with all the people we’ve been? What happens when we have to confront them?

Dream in a pragmatic way.

Everyday's a good day when you paint

Playing golf is like raising children. You keep thinking you'll do better next time.

Complaining that a comic is drunk is like going to a titty bar and complaining because your lapdancer is a communist.

This noble body, equipped with everything necessary, almost to the point of bursting, also appeared to carry freedom around with it.

You are a saucy little thing aren't you?