Feeling gratitude isn't born in us-it's something we are taught, and in turn, we teach our children.

Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Nothing brings families together faster than forgiveness. That should make it Step No. 1, but most of us find forgiving hard. We associate it with weakness and losing when, actually, the reverse is true. When you forgive, you gain strength and come out a winner. You break free of control by the other person's actions.

I have emerged from the tunnel of grief into the light. Life is better. Not the same, but good and getting better all the time.

Music is stored in our long-term memory. When we learn something through music, we tend to remember it longer and believe it more deeply. Dr. Joyce Brothers

A philosopher is a person who doesn't care which side his bread is buttered on; he knows he eats both sides anyway.

A woman should never underestimate the power of the child in the man. Sometimes the child seems to be in the driver's seat at the very moment when all a man's adult judgment and insight is needed.