As I celebrate life, I can't help but think how young my mom was when she died of a heart attack at 53. My mom didn't get to meet her grandchildren, but I'm determined to watch mine grow up.

If you carry around anger and ugly emotions it will show on your face.

A man who opens a door for a woman or gives up his seat for her-even offering to carry something! Those are country manners that never go out of style.

Talking to your hairdresser is almost like talking to your therapist.

My biggest regret is rolling in regret. It is best to pick yourself up , dust yourself off and move on.

I think sometimes I intimidate people. I've been told that. But I feel I'm the least intimidating person possible.

I always think I look better after a yoga class. It's the same as a massage. We look so amazing after a massage because we're relaxed.

I always say that kindness is the greatest beauty that you can have.

Do I really need to prove anything to anybody? I don't feel that I have to prove anything. The only thing that I have to prove is to myself, that I have value.

There is a comfortable feeling in small towns. It is salubrious.

My children without a doubt are my greatest accomplishment. If I did nothing else I would feel just having and raising them would be enough. The rest is icing.

Of all the idiots I have met in my life, and the Lord knows they have not been few or little, I think that I have been the biggest.

Sometimes, on our way through the world, we meet someone who touches our heart in a way others don't.

When life throws trials and tribulations towards you, shield your destiny with courage, faith and perseverance.

I feel like a drummer with no sticks and somebody keeps farting on my snare drum.

Dreams, though, are cheap, and the real task comes when you start putting in place the steps needed to make those dreams a reality.

A man tells his stories so many times that he becomes the stories. They live on after him, and in that way he becomes immortal.

HOPE sustains us through despair. Hope teaches that there is reason to rejoice...even when all seems dark around us.

I just - you know, some people just have some very full laughter - full of joy - and have no shame or fear of letting that out.

If I had a child of school age, I would send him to one of the Waldorf Schools.

It becomes part of a person's second nature; he belongs to the church, like he belongs to his family, and he does not quit his family because someone in it turns out to be a rascal.