Integrity Can't Be Recovered

Integrity is like virginity--once you lose it, it's gone for good. ... No officer should ever be in a position where he or she fears the truth.

Admitting Failure to Family

When the family knows you don't pretend to have it all together, that you admit failure, that you're sorry and want to do better, they can handle ...

Not My Fault

We have a society which is psychiatrized in the same sense in which medieval European society was Christianized, religionized--everything was a matter ...

Lost Responsibility

The single greatest loss in my time has been the idea that we are moral agents. Religion helped a great deal here. Religion taught that we are accountable ...

Responsibility for Emotions

You're responsible for what you do with your feelings, but you can't help having feelings. Feelings are.

When a Promise Is Broken

When I took the job as head football coach at the University of Colorado in 1982, I made a solemn promise: I told everybody that with me, God was first, ...

Strength of 10 Arrows

A single arrow is easily broken, but not ten in a bundle.

"He Knows Everything about My Life"

When Justin Armour was a rookie wide receiver with the Buffalo Bills, some veteran teammates invited him to a preseason party. Justin went and couldn't ...

No Forwarding Address

Flee temptation and don't leave a forwarding address.

Paul, Barnabas, and Timothy

Every man should seek to have three individuals in his life: a Paul, a Barnabas, and a Timothy.

A Paul is an older man who is willing to mentor you, to ...