Inevitably, anytime we are too vulnerable we feel the need to protect ourselves from further wounds. So we resort to sarcasm, cutting humor, criticism - anything that will keep from exposing the tenderness within. Each partner tends to wait on the initiative of the other for love, only to be disappointed but also confirmed as to the rightness of the accusations made.

Putting first things first means organizing and executing around your most important priorities. It is living and being driven by the principles you value most, not by the agendas and forces surrounding you.

There's no better way to inform and expand you mind on a regular basis than to get into the habit of reading good literature.

At some time in your life, you probably had someone believe in you when you didn't believe in yourself.

...people have character strength but they lack communication skills, and that undoubtedly affects the quality of relationships as well.

If you don't have confidence in the diagnosis, you won't have confidence in the prescription.

When you have a challenge and the response is equal to the challenge, that's called 'success'. But once you have a new challenge, the old, once-successful response no longer works. That's why it is called a 'failure'.