-
These problems are real, and you can't turn off real life. So I won't try. Instead, I'll give you a set of tools to help you deal with real life.
-
We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.
-
Strong minds talk about ideas; weak minds talk about people.
-
Being gentle means forgiving yourself when you mess up. We should learn from our mistakes, but we shouldn't beat the tar out of ourselves over them. The past is just that, past. Learn what went wrong and why. Make amends if you need to. Then drop it and move on.
-
If you could envision the type of person God intended you to be, you would rise up and never be the same again.
-
If you decide to just go with the flow, you'll end up where the flow goes, which is usually downhill, often leading to a big pile of sludge and a life of unhappiness. You'll end up doing what everyone else is doing.
-
It's hard, but sometimes it is better to have no friends for a time than to have the wrong friends. The wrong group can lead you down all kinds of paths you really don't want to be on. And retracing your steps can be a long and hard journey
-
Listening can heal wounds.
-
Life is a mission, not a career. A career is a profession, a mission is a cause. A career asks, What's in it for me? A mission asks, How can I make a difference?
-
Depending on what they are, our habits will either make us or break us. We become what we repeatedly do.
-
One of the greatest gifts a parent can give a child is to help them find their talents.
-
It's especially hard to admit that you made a mistake to your parents, because, of course, you know so much more than they do.
-
My focus has kind of been on teenagers, you know, and I think we've got a huge crisis right now in America, among our teens.
-
We become what we repeatedly do.