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Having children made us look differently at all these things that we take for granted, like taking your child to get a vaccine against measles or polio.

I will listen to anyone's convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself.

I just got one last thing, I urge all of you, all of you, to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have. To spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you're emotions going.

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.

If you haven't cried, your eyes can't be beautiful.

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.

I know it sounds corny, but when you follow your dreams, it happens. And if it's music, take it seriously.

People come into your life and people leave it... you just have to trust that life has a road mapped out for you.

One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don't invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.

If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.

The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer.

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

When Whitney Houston died, I felt great sadness. My sadness, of course, was about our collective loss - when you listened to this nightingale sing, your body would drop into a chair, your head would tilt up, a small smile would creep across your face, and inside you knew that there was a higher power somewhere: gifted, beautiful, spiritual.

I know it's going to be the private sector that leads this country out of the current economic times we're in. You can spend your money better than the government can spend your money.

I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.

Believe in love. Believe in magic. Hell, believe in Santa Clause. Believe in others. Believe in yourself. Believe in your dreams. If you don't, who will?

A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never.

If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else, but remember that no one can ever take away your honor.

If your neighbors think you're a detective because a cop always brings you home, you might be a redneck.

You have people come into your life shockingly and surprisingly. You have losses that you never thought you'd experience. You have rejection and you have learn how to deal with that and how to get up the next day and go on with it.

While weight loss is important, what's more important is the quality of food you put in your body - food is information that quickly changes your metabolism and genes.

Focused, hard work is the real key to success. Keep your eyes on the goal, and just keep taking the next step towards completing it. If you aren't sure which way to do something, do it both ways and see which works better.

When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually the noses of your friends.

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

Never make your home in a place. Make a home for yourself inside your own head. You'll find what you need to furnish it - memory, friends you can trust, love of learning, and other such things. That way it will go with you wherever you journey.

It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling. When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace.

When your child is sick, you have tunnel vision.

You can't make positive choices for the rest of your life without an environment that makes those choices easy, natural, and enjoyable.