I thought I understood what was best. I knew too little and believed too soon.

Inside Ms. Maddox's classroom, it was so quiet you could hear the breathing bounce off the walls.

I don't want to sound like a self-help book, but it really has been transformative for me to take a look at my relationships in a new way and see my part in them. Everybody's going through that.

To lose a son under those circumstances - a violent death like my son went through, it just puts a burden on your heart.

'What is' is more important than 'what should be.' Too many people are looking at 'what is' from a position of thinking 'what should be'.

Affirming words from moms and dads are like light switches. Speak a word of affirmation at the right moment in a child's life and it's like lighting up a whole roomful of possibilities.

Everyone is unique and each experience is different.

I guess I would say, it's okay to put things off until the very last minute as long as you know you've got them under control.

I eat like a horse; sometimes I think I must have cancer.

Sky is the limit and you know that you keep on, Just keep on pressin on. Sky is the limit and you know that you can have what you want, be what you want.

It is one thing to see the forward path and another to be able to take it. But it is better to have an ambitious plan than none at all.