While parents should always provide shelter from a storm, they should sometimes allow children to play in the rain.

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.

With the wings of imagination, don't be afraid to fly.

A Brother may not be a Friend, but a Friend will always be a Brother.

I'm not disappointed in [Barack] Obama. He said who he is; he's doing what he said he would do.

It's a tremendous honor to be asked to carry a show.

Our actions are our own; their consequences belong to Heaven.

When anyone makes comments that are offensive to you, would you be willing to do the teaching?

One thing we do know about the threat of climate change is that the cost of adjustment only grows the longer it's left unaddressed.

We pray for no destruction, and for the forces of destruction not to take over.

To get through a war, a man needs something bigger than himself to fight for.

But wherefore could not I pronounce 'Amen'? I had most need of blessing, and 'Amen' Stuck in my throat.