Everybody has to look at his or her own footprint and do the best they can. It's not about being perfect, it's about doing something. If we're looking for perfection, we'll never, ever get there.

My favorite moments are when everyone is laughing.

Start locally and build. Start small and grow. Start in your house, then move to your school, your book club, your gym, your church, your temple, your city.

Everything we know and love is at risk if we continue to ignore the warnings.

A great dinner must include not only yummy food, but good conversation.

I am so grateful for after-school snack time, when I light a candle, pour some tea, slice some apples, and get to listen in on my kids' highs and lows of the day.

A successful dinner is one that lasts a while and one where everyone leaves happy. It's a meal where we didn't just wolf food down, rather something else happened at the table. That is the goal.

I owe most of my wisdom to the problems I was gifted.

Too many adults wish to 'protect' teenagers when they should be stimulating them to read of life as it is lived.

If at first you don't succeed, try again.If you still don't succeed, blame someone else.

If you find that you “disagree” with something I’ve written, then you missed the point!!

Success is less about getting good, and more about letting good.

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.

We learned the value of research in World War II.

A lot of people provide me with quotes. They suggest all kinds of things to say and I do, really, because I'm not very hip at all.

It is my belief that children are full of understanding and know as much as and more than adults, until they are about seven, when they suddenly become stupid, like adults.

You tell everyone or anyone that has ever doubted, thought they didn't measure up or wanted to quit - look up get up and don't ever give up.