Being gentle means forgiving yourself when you mess up. We should learn from our mistakes, but we shouldn't beat the tar out of ourselves over them. The past is just that, past. Learn what went wrong and why. Make amends if you need to. Then drop it and move on.

Education must be a lifelong pursuit. The person who doesn't read is not better off than the person who can't.

Honesty is always the best policy, even when it's not the trend.

One of the few things that can't be recycled is wasted time.

Depending on what they are, our habits will either make us or break us. We become what we repeatedly do.

Instead of playing to win, I was playing not to lose. It reminds me of the story I once heard about two friends being chased by a bear, when one turned to the other and said, "I just realized that I don't need to outrun the bear; I only need to outrun you.

I think the greatest challenge between child and parent is communication.