“A moment of choice is a moment of truth. It's the testing point of our character and competence.”

“Trust is equal parts character and competence... You can look at any leadership failure, and it's always a failure of one or the other.”

“Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny.”

“There are three constants in life... Change, Choice and Principles.”

“I think the most significant work we'll do in our whole life, in our whole world is done within the four walls of our home.”

“In the space between stimulus (what happens) and how we respond, lies our freedom to choose. Ultimately, this power to choose is what defines us as human beings. We may have limited choices but we can always choose. We can choose our thoughts, emotions, moods, our words, our actions; we can choose our values and live by principles. It is the choice of acting or being acted upon.”

“The more aware we are of our basic paradigms, maps, or assumptions, and the extent to which we have been influenced by our experience, the more we can take responsibility for those paradigms, examine them, test them against reality, listen to others and be open to their perceptions, thereby getting a larger picture and a far more objective view.”