It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity.

We can't live without eating, but we don't live to eat.

Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.

Love is a verb. Love is something you do: the sacrifices you make, the giving of self. If you want to study love, study those who sacrifice for others. Love - the feeling - is a fruit of love the verb.

Our lives are the results of our choices. To blame and accuse other people, the environment, or other extrinsic factors is to choose to empower those things to control us.

To receive gratitude with grace is a form of gratitude by itself, and not always an easy art to master.

In the absence of wake-up calls, many of us never really confront the critical issues of life.