Most things are difficult at the beginning and they become fun, something you love, only after you've worked at them.

Do you know what a foreign accent is? It's a sign of bravery.

There's nothing better for building confidence than learning you can do something you thought you couldn't.

Tenacious practice, practice, practice is crucial for excellence; rote repetition is underrated in America.

Chinese parents believe that their kids owe them everything.

I think if you're a 'tiger parent' early on, you don't need to be a 'helicopter parent' in high school.

Be modest, be humble, be simple.Make sure you come in first so that you have something to be humble about.

I do play tennis, but I don't really like competition. I'm supposed to be so intense, but I hate competition.

Instilling a sense of self-discipline and focus when the kids are younger makes it so much easier by the time they get into high school.

My goal as a parent is to prepare you for the future, not to make you like me.

We all want to do the right thing for our children. We all don't know what that is and we all - you know, you won't know until the future.

The only true end of love is spiritual growth or human evolution.

My dear, a little smile, a little courtesy, a little kindness is what beauty entails. Some are not roses, some are oranges.

The Holy Rosary is the storehouse of countless blessings.

Scientists were rated as great heretics by the church, but they were truly religious men because of their faith in the orderliness of the universe.

In Washington journalists can afford to live almost as well as people who work for a living.

God will judge people on the basis of what they did in light of what they knew.

I expect that everything I do will be not watched or not seen. That way, I'm never disappointed when I become flooded with that reality.

A successful suicide demands good organization and a cool head, both of which are usually incompatible with the suicidal state of mind.

Always say no pun intended to draw attention to the intended pun.

It was decided by the university of Coimbre that the sight of several persons being slowly burned in great ceremony is an infallible secret for preventing earthquakes.