Looking back, I realise I had to grow up and be responsible at a very tender age.

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.

Without education … what is man but a splendid slave, a reasoning savage vacillating between the dignity of an intelligence derived from God and the degradation of passion participated with brutes…

Being dishonest to himself is the biggest crime any human can make

When the early Europeans first met Africans, at the crossroads of history, it was a respectful meeting and the Africans were not slaves. Their nations were old before Europe was born.

The family is where most of our joy comes from.

With wealth, one is in a position of responsibility. You must try to help others. It is as simple as that.

Love is more than an emotion, it is a decision.

You might be a redneck if your mother has been involved in a fist fight at a high school sports event.

I look for the kind of text that doesn't look like the writer I'm considering. Plutarch is a great example.

Sculptured figures which appear in motion, will, in their standing position, actually look as if they were falling forward.

The worlds of Truth (love) and illusion (fear) are like parallel universes; with every thought we make a choice which one to inhabit