“You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage—pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically, to say “no” to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger “yes” burning inside. The enemy of the “best” is often the “good.”

“If you want to have a more pleasant,cooperative teenager, be a more understanding, emphatic, consistent, loving parent.”

“The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.”

“My wife and I just don't have the same feelings for each other we used to have. I guess I just don't love her anymore and she doesn't love me. What can i do?""The feeling isn't there anymore?" I asked."That's right," he reaffirmed. "And we have three children we're really concerned about. What do you suggest?""love her," I replied."I told you, the feeling just isn't there anymore.""Love her.""You don't understand. the feeling of love just isn't there.""Then love her. If the feeling isn't there, that's a good reason to love her.""But how do you love when you don't love?" "My friend , love is a verb. Love - the feeling - is a fruit of love, the verb. So love her. Serve her. Sacrifice. Listen to her. Empathize. Appreciate. Affirm her. Are you willing to do that?”

“If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control - myself.”

“Frustration is a function of our expectations, and our expectations are often a reflection of the social mirror rather than our own values & priorities”

“Independent people who do not have the maturity to think and actinterdependently may be good individual producers, but they won't be good leaders or team players”