The more others encounter us honoring the boundaries we have set for our lives, the more they will know that they can trust us with their lives.

An old meaning of the word 'restoration' is to find someone with a royal bloodline who has been removed from the throne and then restore the person to that throne - to a position of honor.

Powerful people do not try to control other people. They know it doesn't work, and that it's not their job. Their job is to control themselves.

Peace is not the absence of conflict it is authority over chaos.

It's my job to manage my heart so that I can respond to you in love and cast out fear in our relationship.

Marriage isn't just a choice. It's choosing the same person a million times.

No one else can steward the fire inside of you because only you are in charge of it.

One of the symptoms of being free is you begin to dream.

In being vulnerable, we reach for our greatest need while risking our greatest pain.

Discipline works from the inside out, and punishment tries to work from the outside in.

The First Goal of Conversation: Understanding, not Agreement

How far can your imagination take you? I don't know. That's up to you, but I think you should find out.

Politics is just show business for ugly people.

Stars shine with gusto throughout their existence, whether it is dark or light. However, if you stand in the light, you cannot see them. But if you stand in the dark, the stars shine like diamonds.

My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.

The man who lives in a small community lives in a much larger world... The reason is obvious. In a large community we can choose our companions. In a small community our companions are chosen for us.

To apply general tools to specific problems is to fail.

People generally report higher levels of stress, depression, and tension after watching TV. It seems that TV's main virtue is that it occupies the mind undemandingly.

The value of art lies in its power to increase our moral force or establish its heightening influence.

He that avoideth not small faults, by little and little falleth into greater.

The word processor is a better tool than a quill pen because you can do so much more with it, but on the other hand, what you have to say and how you say it is the ultimate determination.