Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.

I’m supposed to figure out if the glass is half full or half empty,” I told her. Without a moment’s hesitation, in a split second, my grandmother shrugged and said: “It depends on if you’re drinking or pouring.

If you want to be seen, stand up. If you want to be heard, speak up. If you want to be appreciated, shut up.

What's your name again? That's right. I'm so glad you know your name.

Any husband who says, "My wife and I are completely equal partners," is talking about either a law firm or a hand of bridge.

A father... knows exactly what those boys at the mall have in their depraved little minds because he once owned such a depraved little mind himself. In fact, if he thinks enough about the plans that he used to have for young girls, the father not only will support his wife in keeping their daughter home but he might even run over to the mall and have a few of those boys arrested.

Some authority on parenting once said, "Hold them very close and then let them go." This is the hardest truth for a father to learn: that his children are continuously growing up and moving away from him (until, of course, they move back in).