Archives - March 2018

A strong woman understands that the gifts such as logic, decisiveness, and strength are just as feminine as intuition and emotional connection. She values and uses all of her gifts.

Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition; but to our daughters there is something which there are no words to express.

Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.

The Oscars are about the dynamics of that moment, of that season. It reflects what's been going on in the world every year through the movies. And a lot of times, what's popular at the movies is popular because of what's going on in the world at that moment.

Grief is in two parts. The first is loss. The second is the remaking of life.

Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they're making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that's the difference.

I'm always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact.

I refuse to believe that trading recipes is silly. Tuna fish casserole is at least as real as corporate stock.

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.

I don't like giving names to generations. It's like trying to read the song title on a record that's spinning.

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

Creating problems is easy. We do it all the time. Finding solutions, ones that last and produce good results, requires guts and care.

I looked up my family tree and found out I was the sap.

Inspiration comes from everywhere. From life, observing people, etc. From movies and books you love. From research.

My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't prevent you doing well, and don't regret the things it interferes with. Don't be disabled in spirit as well as physically.

Worry trades the joy of now for the unlikely catastrophes of later.

Oh! St. Patrick was a gentleman
Who came of decent people;
He built a church in Dublin town,
And on it put a steeple.

When your heart speaks, take good notes.

There is no greater mistake than to try to leap an abyss in two jumps.

The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.

A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.

A dream is a microscope through which we look at the hidden occurrences in our soul.

Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory.

Today it is time for every child to have a right to life, right to freedom, right to health, right to education, safety, the right to dignity, right to equality, and right to peace.

What I've learned about marriage: You need to have each other's back; you have to be a kind of team going through life.

It's amazing how the world begins to change through the eyes of a cup of coffee!

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Nostalgia is a seductive liar.

The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.

The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.