We must remember we are stewards of what God has provided for us, not owners.

So often, we blame other people when, really, the problem is right down in here. I'm not happy. I don't know what's wrong. If I just had another job, I could be happy. If I just get married, I would be happy. Well if I just wasn't married, I would be happy. Well, if I just had some kids, I'll be happy. I'll be happy when these kids finally grow up and get out of here. If I had a bigger house, I would be happy. Well, I got a big house. Now if I just had a maid to clean, I'd be happy. Well, now if I just had a maid I could get along with better, I'd be happy.

Strive for excellence, not perfection, because we don't live in a perfect world.

You can't have real love without operating in forgiveness. Love keeps giving the other person another chance.

Go beyond what you feel like doing and do what's right. Every time you do what's right when you don't feel like it, you are growing.

God has created us to be dependent upon Him, to bring Him our challenges and allow Him to help us with them.

When you're hurt very badly in your childhood, the area that it has the greatest effect on is relationships. Once you feel like you can't trust people, once you feel like that they don't care about you, that they're really not going to take care of you, it gets very difficult in relationships.