The nature of life is to be a study of contrasts: joy/sadness, full/empty. The Main Thing is to Keep The Main Thing The Main Thing.

My behavior is a product of my own conscious choices based on principles, rather than a product of my conditions, based on feelings.

Integrity is conforming reality to our words - in other words, keeping promises and fulfilling expectations.

Keep in mind that you are always saying "no" to something. If it isn't to the apparent and urgent things in your life, it is probably to the most fundamental, highly important things.

The way we see things is the source of the way we think or the way we act

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

You can buy a person's hands but you can't buy his heart. His heart is where his enthusiasm, his loyalty is.