I'm not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don't think I'm competitive, just nice.

Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.

I'm taking a vow not to advise.

The home is the child's first school, the parent is the child's first teacher, and reading is the child's first subject.

I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time.

I think a lot of our problems are because people don't listen to our children. It is not always easy. They're not always so brilliant that you want to spend hours with them. But it is very important to listen to them.

I'm not saying to be happy you must be married. Nor am I saying that to be happy you need children. I'm saying that if you opt for children - be you man or woman - you have to take care of them.