There is nothing more dangerous than a lazy parent.

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.

Be sure you don't lose your happiness teaching others people how to be happy. Your happiness is your teaching.

Tough is to innovate

Don’t hate your enemies, they don’t even deserve it.

My perfect morning is spent drinking coffee, eating porridge and reading the paper at a local cafe.

That it really began in the days when the Love Laws were made. The laws that lay down who should be loved, and how. And how much.

I want to stand for something, and it's probably going to be something that some people stand against.

You're trying to pin me down. I'm not a verbal person. Look at my work and decide for yourself. It's hard to put it into words.

I learn everything I play by listening to somebody else.

When someone writes to tell me something I've written made them laugh or cry, I've done my job and done it well. The rest is all semantics.

I have always had this failing - that I cannot explain myself, as I have said, except at the cost of many words.