“The deepest hunger of [a child’s] human heart is to be understood, for understanding implicitly affirms, validates, recognizes and appreciates the intrinsic worth of another.”

We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.

To listen with empathy is the most important human skill.

If we keep doing what we’re doing, we’re going to keep getting what we’re getting.

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

Whenever you experience stress of any kind, look into yourself and ask, In what way am I compromising my innermost values in this situation?

Efficient management without effective leadership is, as one individual phrased, it, “like straightening deck chairs on the Titanic”.

We judge ourselves by our intentions. And others by their actions.

All broken relationships can be traced back to broken agreements.

Where you are headed is more important than how fast you are going. Rather than always focusing on what’s urgent, learn to focus on what is really important.

What you do has far greater impact than what you say.

It’s better to be humbled by the word than by the force of circumstances.

The problems in life come when we’re sowing one thing and expecting to reap something entirely different.

We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.

Live out of your imagination, not your history.

Unless you’re continually improving your skills, you’re quickly becoming irrelevant.

It takes humility to seek feedback. It takes wisdom to understand it, analyze it and appropriately act on it.

Now, all the movies are for teenagers. It’s very difficult for an actress to find really deep, beautiful characters to play.

I am nice, yeah. I’m cool. But I’m no push-over. And if someone gets one over on me, they’ve done it when my eyes were closed, and it doesn’t happen twice.

The drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character.

I’m not a fan of anybody music who I feel like a sucka. I don’t listen to you. They play you in the club, you can have the #1 jam, but if I know your character, how can I listen to your music?

I’m a pretty nice dude. I have fun, and people take it the wrong way.

Hate Story 4′ is a revenge drama. My character Tasha is the real hero of the film. If you look at the poster, you will know.

I think if you play characters, it’s very important not to ever tag them with any sort of disorder, or diagnose them, or whatever. You have to normalize the behavior to get inside the character.

A life of intimacy with God is characterized by joy.