We all can think of at least one kid who had great parents, a great family, and an all-around great childhood...who suddenly went crazy as soon as he left the house for college or adulthood. And nobody can figure out how or why it happened!

Jesus is Jesus. So, I'm not sure I'd get into the business of making somebody into Jesus. That's just me.

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.

My life - my personality, my habits, even my speech - is a combination of the books I choose to read, the people I choose to listen to, and the thoughts I choose to tolerate in my mind

When you don't know what to do, do something. I know you don't know what to do and I know you can't do everything right now, but you can do something.

In Jones's experience, the decision to turn one's life around in a different direction rarely arrived with fireworks and marching bands. Often, the decision came with tears and regret. Then, almost impossibly, the power of forgiveness would fill an unseen void, allowing a new day's optimism and sense of purpose to take hold and point that life in a new direction.

Every good thing that has happened in your life happened because something changed.