If our feelings control our actions, it is because we have abdicated our responsibility and empowered them to do so.

If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.

The personal power that comes from principle-centered living is the power of a self-aware, knowledgeable, proactive individual, unrestricted by the attitudes, behaviors, and actions of others or by many of the circumstances and environmental influences that limit other people.

Most people struggle with life balance simply because they haven't paid the price to decide what is really important to them.

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.

If you want to be trusted, be trustworthy.

The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things.