Being away from home gave me a chance to look at myself with a jaundiced eye

We should all do something to right the wrongs that we see and not just complain about them.

A great goal in life is the only fortune worth finding.

The first time you marry for love, the second for money, and the third for companionship.

Once you can express yourself, you can tell the world what you want from it. All the changes in the world, for good or evil, were first brought about by words.

If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.

There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.

I think my biggest achievement is that, after going through a rather difficult time, I consider myself comparatively sane.

Pearls are always appropriate.

I think the major role of the First Lady is to take care of the President so that he can best serve the people. And not to fail her family, her husband, and children.

Americans care about their past, but for short term gain they ignore it and tear down everything that matters.

Appreciation is a better motivator than pain.

A friend isn't someone you use once and then throw away, a friend is someone you use over and over again.

You're basically killing each other to see who's got the better imaginary friend.

Every morning, whether I've slept or not, whether I've made it through the day without crying or given in and sobbed in the shower, where no one can hear me― the sun comes up, and I make my choice.

I started wondering if God really existed. The world seemed too empty and lonely for there to be a God in it. But I figured he must exist because I kept blaming everything on him.

It is not time for mirth and laughter, the cold, gray dawn of the morning after.

Politics will sooner or later make fools of everybody.

Most of us have only two or three genuinely interesting moments in our lives; the rest is filler.

The worst crimes; are the crimes of the heart

since God has appointed one remedy for all the evils in the world and that is a contented spirit.