Loving discipline encourages a child to respect other people and live as a responsible, constructive citizen.

Loving discipline encourages a child to respect other people and live as a responsible, constructive citizen.

James Dobson

The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.

The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

When the truth is in your way, you are on the wrong road.

When the truth is in your way, you are on the wrong road.

Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.

Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.

As a general rule, if you want to get at the truth - hear both sides and believe neither.

As a general rule, if you want to get at the truth - hear both sides and believe neither.

Faith in God - life can never take you by surprise again.

Faith in God - life can never take you by surprise again.

You have to work to keep love alive; you have to protect it and maintain it, just like you would a delicate flower.

You have to work to keep love alive; you have to protect it and maintain it, just like you would a delicate flower.

Marriage succeeds only as lifetime commitment with no escape clauses.

Marriage succeeds only as lifetime commitment with no escape clauses.

Conceit is a weird disease - it makes everybody sick except the guy who has it.

Conceit is a weird disease - it makes everybody sick except the guy who has it.

God does not need our money. But you and I need the experience of giving it

God does not need our money. But you and I need the experience of giving it

Respect is intended to operate on a two-way street.

Respect is intended to operate on a two-way street.

Children represent God's most generous gift to us.

Children represent God's most generous gift to us.

There are very few certainties that touch us all in this mortal experience, but one of the absolutes is that we will experience hardship and stress at some point.

There are very few certainties that touch us all in this mortal experience, but one of the absolutes is that we will experience hardship and stress at some point.

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and halfway closed there after.

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and halfway closed there after.

I don't blame homosexuals for being angry when people say they've made a choice to be gay because they don't.

I don't blame homosexuals for being angry when people say they've made a choice to be gay because they don't.

It is impossible to overstate the need for prayer in the fabric of family life.

It is impossible to overstate the need for prayer in the fabric of family life.

Show me a husband who keeps his thoughts to himself, and I will show you a frustrated wife.

Show me a husband who keeps his thoughts to himself, and I will show you a frustrated wife.

A child identifies his parents with God, whether or not the adults want that role. Most children 'see' God the way they perceive their earthly fathers.

A child identifies his parents with God, whether or not the adults want that role. Most children 'see' God the way they perceive their earthly fathers.