We think we see the world as it is, when in fact we see the world as we are.

Link yourself to your potential, not to your past.

I try to exercise regularly every day, if I can. It renews you and it gives you more balance in your life. This is a key leverage point.

If we do not teach our children, societ will. And they-and we-will live with the results.

In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.

When parents see their children's problems as opportunities to build the relationship instead of as negative, burdensome irritations, it totally changes the nature of parent-child interaction. Parents become more willing, even excited, about deeply understanding and helping their children. . . . This paradigm is powerful in business as well.

Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it.