When a king begins to act like a king, it is not long before someone else is king! Serving is a way we can place value on one another. A wise man is a server.

Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do something you don't necessarily want to do, to get a result you would really like to have.

Every single thing you do matters. You have been created as one of a kind. You have been created in order to make a difference. You have within you the power to change the world.

When confronted with a challenge, the committed heart will search for a solution. The undecided heart searches for an escape.

When faced with a decision, many people say they are waiting for God. But I understand, in most cases, God is waiting for me.

Life itself is a privilege, but to live life to the fullest- well, that is a choice.

Most people think it takes a long time to change. It doesn’t. Change is immediate! Instantaneous! It may take a long time to decide to change…but change happens in a heartbeat!

There are generations yet unborn, whose very lives will be shifted and shaped by the moves you make and the actions you take.

Keep your head and heart clear. Perspective can just as easily be lost as it can be found.

Remember, the goal is not to raise great kids; it's to raise kids who become great adults.

Ask yourself this question everyday: What is it about me that other people would change if they could?

Into the promise of happiness, synchronizing the rhythm of our lives to the turning of the leaves and the rise and fall of the tides.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten

Let's dare to do something so big that if God is not in it, we are doomed to fail.

And we are grateful to the American young men and women who are risking their lives to give the Iraqi people this chance, this dream of democracy in Iraq now.

Think as the wise men think, but talk like the simple people do.

Don't give anything away. Never make it easy for the guys you are trying to beat.

Every girl is a goddess.

NVC self-forgiveness: connecting with the need we were trying to meet when we took the action that we now regret.

One of the many things I want to do is dig us out of that hole so that guys, in particular, can go: "Oh, yeah. Those people are really funny. I've seen that person. It's a woman. They are funny."

There's no other place that exemplifies a fanatic as much as Chicago. I feel like sports fans have bred out of Chicago.