Doctors are our partners, and they need all the assistance we can give them to be sure we get the right diagnosis.

We have forgotten to be our brothers and sisters keepers. And we have forgotten that the Number 1 goal is to love one another.

If you think taking care of yourself is selfish, change your mind. If you don't, you're simply ducking your responsibilities.

I've always told my children that life is like a layer cake. You get to put one layer on top of the other, and whether you frost it or not is up to you.

We're not going to have the America that we want until we elect leaders who are going to tell the truth - not most days, but every day.

I had such high expectations of myself. I was going to be the best mother, the best housewife, the best entertainer, the best nurse, you know - what it was, I was going to be the best. And I could never live up to my expectations.

I think you have to deal with grief in the sense that you have to recognize that you have it, and say that it's OK to have all the sadness.