Don't call me an icon. I'm just a mother trying to help.

Only do what your heart tells you.

Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.

Family is the most important thing in the world.

I don't go by the rule book... I lead from the heart, not the head.

I wear my heart on my sleeve.

I knew what my job was; it was to go out and meet the people and love them.

The worse illness of our time, is that so many people have to suffer from never being loved

Hugs can do great amounts of good - especially for children.

The greatest problem in the world today is intolerance. Everyone is so intolerant of each other.

What must it be like for a little boy to read that daddy never loved mummy?

Instead of looking at life as a narrowing funnel, we can see it ever widening to choose the things we want to do, to take the wisdom we've learned and create something.

Its sort of my job to feel good.

The writing's easy, it's the living that is sometimes difficult.

You only find your Teacher once in many lifetimes. Never be afraid to see them and meditate with them. Your Teacher always understands and always forgives.

Honestly, when I got to Hollywood I was trying to sell my songs.

The greater part of all the mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims.

I like girls who are intelligent, somewhat funny, and pretty with a nice personality.

Recognition is powerful, as long as it's authentic and specific. Whatever their level on the inverted pyramid, employees wants to feel needed and valued.

Print encourages a sense of closure, a sense that what is found in a text has been finalized, has reached a state of completion.

The securest guarantee of the long-term good health of both farmland and city is, I believe, locally produced food.