Nine times out of ten when you extend your arms to someone they will step in because basically they need precisely what you need.

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

Don't spend your precious time asking "Why isn't the world a better place?" It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is "How can I make it better?" To that there is an answer.

Love yourself-accept yourself-forgive yourself-and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things.

The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.

Relish love in your old age! Aged love is like aged wine; it becomes more satisfying, more refreshing, more valuable, more appreciated and more intoxicating!

Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.

I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving a damn.

The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises.

Everybody needs a hug. It changes your metabolism.

Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time.

I can't do anything to death, doctor's orders.

You have to be brave when you are stupid.

[I'm] more German than Irish.

I love the Bowl system. I've always been a proponent of the Bowl system. I think it's been great for college football, for this level.

Teaching to unsuspecting youngsters the effective use of formal methods is one of the joys of life because it is so extremely rewarding.

I think pressure when you work is good. It forces you to take risks and to do other things.

I worked all through my 20's, all through my 30's, so I've been lucky to be working.

Really, I'm just a simple girl from Jersey.

Simple pleasures are the last healthy refuge in a complex world.

As a businessman, Frank Lorenzo gives capitalism a bad name.