Those who realize the epic story of life is not about them but actually about the people around them somehow win in the end.

We must show people the cost of not doing business with us.

For example, if we own a house-painting business, our customer's external problem might be an unsightly home. The internal problem, however, may involve a sense of embarrassment about having the ugliest home on the street. Knowing this, our marketing could offer "Paint That Will Make Your Neighbors Jealous".

Everything is permissible'—but not everything is beneficial" (1 Corinthians 10:23).

Everything is permissible'—but not everything is beneficial" (1 Corinthians 10:23).

We live in a day and time when our rights sometimes take precedence over our pursuit of righteousness, when we get caught in the rush of seeking self rather than seeking God.

I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me.

It is not enough to long for a person as a good for oneself, one must also, and above all, long for that person's good.

A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.

From the secular to the sacred, we can focus on ourselves or others.

Neither the Church of Christ, nor a Christian Commonwealth, ought to tolerate such as prefer private gain to the public weal, or seek it to the hurt of their neighbors.

A man does not live for himself alone in this mortal body to work for it alone, but he lives also for all men on earth; rather, he lives only for others and not for himself. To this end he brings his body into subjection that he may the more sincerely and freely serve others.