To be great at whatever it is that you do, it's going to take some discipline to separate yourself from the average.

Are you smiling when you talk? Try it today, and I guarantee you will notice a difference in your life.

When you put emphasis on compromise rather than on principle, you end up with 2/3 of the principles being implemented.

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

I was not called to be a preacher. I am a speaker who is a Christian. I'm not a Christian speaker.

It isn't until you forgive what's in the past that you'll be able to receive the gift of the present

The biggest mistakes most parents make (and believe me, I'm guilty of these too) seem very inconsequential. They're little, day-to-day things that, at the moment, don't seem like a big deal.