You meet people who are in pain in life and love and you forgive them for behaving the way they do.

Anyone who gives you a cinnamon roll fresh out of the oven is a friend for life.

Miracles are like meatballs, because nobody can exactly agree on what they are made of, where they come from, or how often they should appear.

Temper tantrums, however fun they may be to throw, rarely solve whatever problem is causing them.

I didn't realize this was a sad occasion.

They didn't understand it, but like so many unfortunate events in life, just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so.

Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby - awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.

Chestnuts in stuffing tastes like someone chewed up a tree branch and then French-kissed it into your mouth.

The thing with your heart's desire is that your heart doesn't even know what it desires until it turns up.

Accidents happen all the time.

Morning is an important time of day, because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have.

If we all do one random act of kindness daily, we just might set the world in the right direction.

Men and women who decide to flirt with adultery just once can become enmeshed in misery and unhappiness for themselves and their precious families.

To make something, you have to work within your abilities. Honestly assess what you can do and even more important, what can't you do.

I wouldn't be surprised to see a lot of guns going off, you know, guns held by white men acting as vigilantes, cops who feel more free to open fire against African Americans.

But I've got more to learn, too. I don't feel like I'm done or I know it all.

My brothers were gone on tour a lot, and I would miss them so much.

There was a huge difference between dislike and disregard.

Do not dare to live without some clear intention toward which your living shall be bent. Mean to be something with all your might.

Today, you're halfway to 100! Here's to optimism, whether it is realistic or not. Happy 50th birthday!

My confidence level is a tremendous high.