We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow out of these assumptions.

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.

To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before.

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

Integrity is conforming reality to our words - in other words, keeping promises and fulfilling expectations.

Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.

Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.

When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it's like giving them emotional oxygen.

Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.

Much travel is needed before the raw man is ripened.

The past will disappear if we forget we existed".

I have been nothing ... but there is tomorrow.

Politics does not end the day of the election.

You can't talk your way out of something you behaved your way into. You have to behave your way out of it.

The kingdom of heaven is not come even when God's will is our law; it is fully come when God's will is our will.

Be of good cheer, my son. Your sins are forgiven.

Samsaric pleasures are like salt water, the more we indulge, the more we crave.

Affirm people. Affirm your children. Believe in them, not in what you see but in what you don't see - their potential.

Those who judge children in their innocence, prove themselves the lesser of character and the greater of ignorance.