The worst thing to me would be that you put on the face you think people want to see, and then they don't like it and you think, Would they have liked the real me?

I was an English major in college, and then I went to graduate school in English at the University of North Carolina for three years.

My job as the mother of daughters is to make sure my children see that every opportunity is available to them.

Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before.

This diagnosis is a reminder that this is the life you've got. And you're not getting another one. Whatever has happened, you have to take this life and treasure and protect it.

It's just a part of our nature to hope.

... all things are possible if you are willing to put yourself on the line. You cannot stand back and hope for the best. You have to act.

You recognize a survivor when you see one. You recognize a fighter when you see one.

A lot of people have great hope, and a lot of people who have great hope live. And, some of them who have great hope die. So it's not that hope is going to save you.

Tabloid news is tabloid news.

We were never a family that had a lot. We had enough, but not a lot.

Do not let the transient bitterness of the journey steal happiness from your life.

Examine what you tolerate. What you put up with you end up with. What you allow continues. Reevaluate the costs and your worth.

You're confident he'll have found him, then?""Well, no. I didn't sat that.""If there's one thing I hate, " Volyova said, looking coldly at the other Triumvir, "it's mindless optimism.

The state reserves the right to be the sole interpreter of the needs of society.

A problem thoroughly understood is always fairly simple. Found your opinions on facts, not prejudices. We know too many things that are not true.

Believing people can soar beyond ordinary life.

My heart is to help hurting people. I teach people God's Word so they can overcome their problems and avoid some of the tough lessons I had to learn.

Two hopeful hearts, two lands apart. Together there's no end to what our dream can start.

Integrity is my stock in trade.

The delicate sensitivity of a frightened rattlesnake.