Be Hard on the issue, Soft on the person.

Just as we leave the effects of our work behind in results, we leave the effects of our interactions with people in their hearts, minds, and souls.

Things don't change in a marriage until the spouse who is taking responsibility for a problem that is not hers decides to say or do something about it.

When a child shuts down his painful emotional side, he also loses the ability to express his joyous side. Emotions are a whole. With anger comes the ability to express delight; with sadness comes the ability to express lightheartedness. This is the breadth of emotion that allows an adult to experience intimacy with a spouse, with God, and with his children

Values are sometimes worth living and dying for, and are certainly worth dating and breaking up over.

Being right can never compete with doing well.

Couples often live out years of falsehood trying to protect and save a relationship, all the while destroying any chance of real relationship.