There's a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are.

I've never been a manipulator, even in my bachelor days. I never wanted to do things to people that could catch up with me later on.

A foolish man... built his house upon the sand.

I talk to myself all the time. Just make sure you answer.

If happiness is what you’re after, then you are going to be let down frequently and be unhappy much of your time. Joy, though, is something else. It’s not a choice, not a response to some result, it is a constant. Joy is “the feeling we have from doing what we are fashioned to do,” no matter the outcome.

It's nice when they notice the deep voice from across the house, and they know it's papa. They know it's Dad.

I've been in a couple of weddings where the coolest people that were the most day before so mellow and then the day of the wedding freaking out.