What greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter?

Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.

I do not like candid pictures. They are so unattractive.

I have always believed that God never gives a cross to bear larger than we can carry. No matter what, he wants us to be happy, not sad. birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn't we?

Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?

I tell myself that God gave my children many gifts - spirit, beauty, intelligence, the capacity to make friends and to inspire respect. There was only one gift he held back - length of life.

it is not tears but determination that makes pain bearable.

I tried to allow my children to take risks, to test themselves. Better broken bones than broken spirit.

Life is not a matter of milestones, but moments.

Make sure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, and you can't settle anything until morning anyway.

Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn't we?

You, as a food buyer, have the distinct privilege of proactively participating in shaping the world your children will inherit.

Honor is not in killing love. Rather, honor is in giving birth to love, in being the cupid in a love story.

I began raising chickens primarily for their eggs, but over the years, I've also grown fond of caring for them and learning about their many different breeds and varieties.

There is no one religion, no one truth and no myth lacks meaning

To take what you know for what you know, and what you do not know for what you do not know, that is knowledge indeed.

It's like learning a language; you can't speak a language fluently until you find out who you are in that language, and that has as much to do with your body as it does with vocabulary and grammar.

It's about the production of the work. I need my workers to stay focused.

It doesn't matter what else is going on. When you walk into your arena or your - whatever you excel at, you're there to take care of the job that you have to do.

If I can't really find a way to live with myself, I can't expect anyone else to live with me.

Everyone should keep someone else's diary.