Principles are guidelines for human conduct that are proven to have enduring, permanent value.

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.

Do you really think it's behaving like a Christian to be glad when you see death and ruin falling on your fellow men? Is that what Christ taught us?

The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.

She avoids mirrors, and lifts a powerful telescope to find herself.

Psychology doesn't like to talk about evil. It likes to talk about bad childhoods. But I very much believe that some people are evil and motivation is not necessary for evil.

Always carry it in thy mind, and act upon it, as a sure maxim: "That women are timid:" And 'tis well they are--else there would beno dealing with them.

I want to pretend there's such a thing as requited love. As the endurance of love.

The majority of people who fail to accumulate money sufficient for their needs are, generally, easily influenced by the opinion of others.

I think the best thing a parent can do, when raising a child, is simply get out of their way.

<...> God is a person; godliness is a quality. You cannot become God, but you can be godly. <...&gt.

If you look good, we look good.