Pray when you feel like worrying. Give thanks when you feel like complaining. Keep going when you feel like quitting.

Show respect to people who don't deserve it. Not as a reflection of their character, but of yours.

Be an encourager. The world has plenty of critics already.

There are no perfect parents, and there are no perfect children, but there are plenty of perfect moments along the way.

Never be too busy for the people you love. Never allow pursuits or possessions to become bigger priorities than your relationships. Love is what gives meaning to life.

Always strive to give your spouse the very best of yourself; not what's leftover after you have given your best to everyone else.

A strong marriage requires two people who choose to love each other even on those days when they struggle to like each other.

Every day is beautiful when you're holding hands with your best friend.

A perfect marriage is just two imperfect people who refuse to give up on each other.

Don't use social media to impress people; use it to impact people.

Real love is when you are completely committed to someone even when they are being completely unlovable.

We are drowning in information but starving for knowledge and wisdom. Education ought to teach us not only how to make a living but also how to live.

I think the world is a place for oddballs and freaks. I'm only interested in oddballs and freaks as characters.

Nothing is more dramatic than a well-placed pause.

I never write in the daytime. It's like running through the shopping mall with your clothes off. Everybody can see you. At night ... that's when you pull the tricks ... magic.

Someday, when I'm no longer around, they will call at the Trump wall. It's got to be the greatest wall.

My father was never around. But I glorified my father, and I was always daddy's little girl. He was my first soccer coach.

Closure is a preposterous concept worthy of the worst aspects of American daytime TV.

The Catholic hierarchy has become more conservative. What we don't know is whether [Catholic voters] will become increasingly conservative, or .. stay swing voters.

It was tough. I told [my kids] mommy is on her semester abroad, which is still going on apparently.

It was really fun to play the woman in charge and in control. She's powerful and she uses the aspects of being a woman. She uses her sexuality as a weapon.