I envy my dad and his faith. I envy all people who have someone to beseech, who know where they're going, who sleep under the fluffy white comforter of belief.

You have to speak your dream out loud.

And it occurs to me that maybe the reason my mother was so exhausted all the time wasn’t because she was doing so much but because she was feeling so much.

Raising people is not some lark. It's serious work with serious repercussions. It's air-traffic control. You can't step out for a minute; you can barely pause to scratch your ankle.

Appreciation is the purest,strongest form of love. It is the outward-bound kind of love that asks for nothing and gives everything.

How seriously can I take myself? I'm just one of six billion people, right?

The mother is the most essential piece on the board, the one you must protect. Only she has the range. Only she can move in multiple directions. Once she's gone, it's a whole different game.

We're never ready for the things that happen. When the big stuff happens, we're always looking in the other direction.

He defined me first, as parents do. Those early characterizations can become the shimmering self-image we embrace or the limited, stifling perception we rail against for a lifetime.

That to fly requires chaotic, sometimes even violent passages--becomes a metaphor for all of life's most meaningful endeavors.

I am an average mother in almost every way, so yes, much to my regret, I do yell at my children.

Be prepared before you fight a battle" -RH

A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

I grew up with a sister I was very close with and a mom who was a powerful influence on my life. I was always close with women.

I'm quite happy to be thrown around and hopefully my leg will stay on.

When there's uncertainty they always think there's another shoe to fall. There is no other shoe to fall.

There is a large stock on hand; but somehow or other, nobody's experience ever suits us but our own.

It is a great moment in every freak's life when he or she finds out that at least they are not the only one.

When has stand-up comedy been kind to anyone? It goes after anyone who's the target. Comedy attacks, man.

There are still so many beautiful things to be said in C major.

Want balance in your life? Then sure, get your own act together, but don't forget four powerful disciplines of execution in your team and organization.