A happy marriage has the tranquility of a lovely sunset.

The naked truth is always better than the best-dressed lie.

In the end, it's not what you do for your children but what you've taught them to do for themselves.

If you want your children to listen, try talking softly - to someone else.

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.

At age 20, we worry about what others think of us. At age 40, we don't care what they think of us. At age 60, we discover they haven't been thinking of us at all.

Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.

Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head.

Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.

Wake up and smell the coffee.

Anyone who believes the competitive spirit in America is dead has never been in a supermarket when the cashier opens another check-out line.

The only differences between a cult and a religion are the numbers of adherents and the degree to which they are marginalized by the rest of society.

I like smart, funny, self-deprecating men.

To make a difference is just... I think... the purpose of what life is.

To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may annihilate the question and the questioner.

Optimists are happier in life for a reason.

Since the beginning of time, children have not liked to study. They would much rather play, and if you have their interests at heart, you will let them learn while they play.

I'm vain enough to want do a movie again, but right now more roles are the last thing on my list.

Poetry cannot breathe in the scholar's atmosphere.

Let others pride themselves about how many pages they have written; I'd rather boast about the ones I've read.

My brothers can be a little out of control sometimes and so somebody has to be able to keep them focused.