Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.

It doesn't really matter how fast you're going if you're heading in the wrong direction.

Begin with the end in mind.

Highly proactive people don't blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice.

There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.

Fundamentally, we are a product of choice, not nature (genes) or nurture (upbringing, environment).

Unless people feel that they are accepted and that they have a right to express their feelings without fear of embarrassment or ridicule, all they will do is react and rebel and struggle for their identity.