When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or ever will compare with, or effectively substitute for, the home's potential for positive influence.

The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about and what you value.

Consequences are governed by principles, and behavior is governed by values; therefore, value principles!

Principles are the territory. Values are maps.

Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it. No involvement, no commitment.

None of us see the world as it is but as we are, as our frames of reference, or maps, define the territory.

Beginners are many; finishers are few.