The seasons of life are not meant to be frenetic, just full. Blessed is the woman who knows her own limits.

Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.

Real life isn't always going to be perfect or go our way, but the recurring acknowledgement of what is working in our lives can help us not only to survive but surmount our difficulties.

One of the most important milestones we'll all hit along the way is the moment when we finally own our unique point of view and realize how priceless it is.

Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic selves. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen.

Expect to have hope rekindled. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again.

Be grateful for the home you have, knowing that at this moment, all you have is all you need.

Life is not made up of minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or years, but of moments. You must experience each one before you can appreciate it.

Grace is available for each of us every day - our spiritual daily bread - but we've got to remember to ask for it with a grateful heart and not worry about whether there will be enough for tomorrow.

Every time we remember to say "thank you", we experience nothing less than heaven on earth.

Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy.

To enhance and expand your vision, get an education.

A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.

the book is intended to show how it is possible to live in and be enlarged by loss, even as we continue to experience it.

The eye is not open when it is limited to the passive role of a mirror... if it has only the capacity to reflect.

Eliminate the superfluous.

I've become obsessed with learning other languages in movies, because I was like, since I was like, but I learned how to box so why don't I just learn another language for a movie?

Good students are good at all things.

I didn't not perform.

You have to discipline your children, or they won't respect you, law enforcement or God or anyone else.

I don't do things for the response or for the controversy. I just live my life.