A boy or girl who knows that love abounds at home will not resent well-deserved punishment. One who is unloved or ignored will hate any form of discipline.

Don't throw away your friendship with your teenager over behavior that has no great moral significance. There will be plenty of real issues that require you to stand like a rock. Save your big guns for those crucial confrontations.

My dad and I hunted and fished together. How could I get angry at this man who took the time to be with me?

If you let a child know that you think he is lazy, sloppy, untruthful, unpleasant, and thoughtless, he'll probably prove you are right. Obviously, it is much better to make him stretch to reach a positive image than stoop to match one at ground level.

Conceit is a weird disease - it makes everybody sick except the guy who has it.

Great beginnings are not as important as the way one finishes.

God's Heart is especially tender toward the downtrodden and the defeated. He knows your name and He has seen every tear you have shed.