We must be the compassion we wish to see in others!

The moment I decided to follow instead of lead, I discovered the joys of becoming part of a small child's world.

Toddlers are active explorers. They eagerly try new things and use materials in different ways. Toddlers want to be independent and they have a strong sense of ownership.

Part of being who you are has to do with feeling your feelings, which means you'll have a wide range of emotions--not just constant sunshiny happiness.

The parent must always self-parent first, self-preach before child-teach, because who can bring peace unless they’ve held their own peace?

Stand up for what you believe in, even if you stand alone.

I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.

Fear is a driving force for most of the things that I do. I don't know if that's healthy.

If you do not know the names of things, the knowledge of them is lost, too.

I have nothing against diamonds, or rubies or emeralds or sapphires. I do object when their acquisition is complicit in the debasement of children or the destruction of a country.

Women have the genius of charity. A man gives but his gold; a woman adds to it her sympathy.

We tend to make the thing in the way the way.

I love that they do that. I love action and I love doing my own stunts. I love that sort of thing.

Still, records are documents of a period of time. Most records are documents of two or three years, and I just approached it as a record I was doing over a 20-year period of time.