The key to motivation is motive. It's the why. It's the deeper yes! burning inside that makes it easier to say no to the less important.

Effective people stay out of Quadrants III and IV because, urgent or not, they aren't important. They also shrink Quadrant I down to size by spending more time in Quadrant II...Quadrant II is the heart of effective personal management.

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

I believe that God is the source of all the universal, timeless principles. And to Him, I give all the credit and the glory. However, to a person who is not religious, I believe they can live to the highest level of their conscience and develop spiritual intelligence that surpasses most people, including many religious people, who profess but do not practice.

When we look through the lens of each others' weaknesses, we make others' strengths irrelevant and their weaknesses more evident.

The deepest hunger of [a child's] human heart is to be understood, for understanding implicitly affirms, validates, recognizes and appreciates the intrinsic worth of another.

To set and work toward any goal is an act of courage.