Have we forgotten that we're all born the same way: naked, wet, and hungry? Then things get worse!

Time mellows people as it mellows wine, as long as the grapes are good. You may set out to be a businesswoman or businessman but in the course of time end up caring for a dying parent, orphaned niece, or disabled brother. You may encounter illness yourself and end up being a writer, touching the heartstrings, not the purse strings of other people. That's why it's best to always be true to yourself and God and to be flexible within His will. He will use you.

Attitude is the mind's paintbrush; it can color any situation.

Teaching literature is teaching how to read. How to notice things in a text that a speed-reading culture is trained to disregard, overcome, edit out, or explain away; how to read what the language is doing, not guess what the author was thinking; how to take evidence from a page, not seek a reality to substitute for it.

The secret of growing younger is counting blessings, not birthdays.

All we can take with us to heaven is what we leave behind in the lives we touch.

Kids can be a pain in the neck when they're not a lump in your throat.