Isn't it kind of silly to think that tearing someone else down builds you up?

It's hard, but sometimes it is better to have no friends for a time than to have the wrong friends. The wrong group can lead you down all kinds of paths you really don't want to be on. And retracing your steps can be a long and hard journey

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.

You can usually tell when a couple becomes centered on each other because they are forever breaking up and getting back together.

If you could envision the type of person God intended you to be, you would rise up and never be the same again.

The primary purpose of going to college isn't to get a great job. The primary purpose of college is to build a strong mind, which leads to greater self-awareness, capability, fulfillment, and service opportunities, which, incidentally, should lead to a better job.

My focus has kind of been on teenagers, you know, and I think we've got a huge crisis right now in America, among our teens.