I would much rather be known as the mother of a great son than the author of a great book or the painter of a great masterpiece.

Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.

I do not like candid pictures. They are so unattractive.

I have always believed that God never gives a cross to bear larger than we can carry. No matter what, he wants us to be happy, not sad. birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn't we?

Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?

I tell myself that God gave my children many gifts - spirit, beauty, intelligence, the capacity to make friends and to inspire respect. There was only one gift he held back - length of life.

it is not tears but determination that makes pain bearable.

I tried to allow my children to take risks, to test themselves. Better broken bones than broken spirit.

Life is not a matter of milestones, but moments.

Make sure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, and you can't settle anything until morning anyway.

Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn't we?

Visionary decision-making happens at the intersection of intuition and logic.

Even silence tends to scream in a strained relationship.

Pete and Repeat were sitting on a wall. Pete fell off. Who was left? Repeat.

Everything I've ever worked on has been hard to classify.

If one asks for success and prepares for failure, one will get the situation one has prepared for.

Make every decision based on your last years of life instead of your next 10.

It was fun, having speed and being able to jump. Especially playing football. I played wide receiver and defensive back.

Apparently, the heart of opposition to new gun regulations is in the white community. Yet white people face far less daily violence with guns.

Invest in stupidity, its stocks never go down.