Four Very Powerful Words to say to your child: I Believe in you!

If your child has a weakness, teach them how to turn it into a strength! The only Failure is not trying.

The best gift, and investment, you can give your child is your time

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you.- Desmond Tutu In the end, kids won't remember that fancy toy or game you bought for them, they will remember the time you spent with them.

A true hero is not someone who thinks about doing what is right, but one that simply does what is right without thinking!

What I love about kids is there innate ability to love unconditionally - we can all learn from this

To me parenting is all about trust. If you don't live by your words or actions how do you expect your kids to listen to you?

Kids are like a mirror, what they see and hear they do. Be a good reflection for them.

The surest way to a child's heart is to spend time with them

Don't be afraid of giving kids responsibility, be there to guide & support them, not just to do things for them

Love is giving your kids your undivided attention and time

Stars shine even for those who refuse to look up.

To me, writing is like learning to ride a bike. At first you have your training wheels on but before you know it, you have graduated to a ten speed!!

Who else but a lover retains the ability to wound the other person with such passion, such precision? And who else but that lover has the capacity to heal what he or she has done?

Reformers have the idea that change can be achieved by brute sanity.

I always have an idea before we even start the movie because if you hire the wrong person, within a couple of days you're going to know that and you're going to be really panicked.

After you've done it for so many years, you have to find a new direction. You have to find something in your soul that's going to push you towards - to find your inspiration.

It is an attention-getter. I mean, its hard to ignore a woman lugging a cello around.

The challenge for each one of you is to take up these ideals of tolerance and respect for others and put them to practical use in your schools, your communities and throughout your lives.

When our whole life is one faith, hope, love, prayer and silence, a consecrated life always bound up in the Eucharist, then the 'urge' towards God springs.

You can tell a great athlete by, like, not how many times he wins, unlike when he loses. Because that's what is gonna make a swimmer.