I think because I became a mom later in life, everything in life means more.

No one can take away your pain, so don't let anyone take away your happiness.

It's a life's journey of finding ourselves, finding our power, and living for yourself, not for everyone else.

I don't have to be an expert. I just have to care.

Chocolate is the first luxury. It has so many things wrapped up in it: Deliciusness in the moment, childhood memories, and that grin-inducing feeling of getting a reward for being good.

When I was in my early 20s, I had my hair permed. Bad Idea! It turned into total frizz. My advice to women is: if you have nice hair already, don't get a perm, leave your hair alone.

No one can tell you who you are and what you are made of, only you yourself know what you are made of, and only you yourself can do the work to become who you want to be.

If I can play a little part in the world's healing, and making it a better place than when I came, then I just thank God for that chance.

People who overcome their fears every day, without fanfare, without recognition. Quiet, everyday courage, that’s what I admire most.

Just smiling at someone walking down the street can make the person's day. It's all about paying it forward.

Sexual assault and domestic violence are difficult things to talk about. Talk about them anyway.

If we don’t communicate, we certainly can’t get much done and if we don’t communicate authentically, what we get done is less effective.

For how long will insult hurt a person? For as long as he covets self-importance. For as long as one covets temporary [non eternal] things

Gratitude is not a virtue I believe in, and to me it seems hypocritical to expect it from a child.

It was very hard for all of us. It's still very hard. The anniversary of his death just passed, and every single one of his friends, still, after all these years... it's unbelievable.

Alchohol doesn't make you fat...it make you Lean...on tables, chairs & random people!!!

Couples should abstain from sexual relations at least 2 or 3 days a week. Gradually try to reach a stage of celibacy most days.

It will be difficult, even painful, but democracy will prevail in Russia. There will be no dictatorship, although relapses into authoritarianism are possible.

I can remember a couple of real fights when I ran. Because they were kinda dangerous.

As soon as you put an actor to a person who is real, that person comes to life through another person.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.