Emotions have no I.Q.

Children are not a right, they are a privileged obligation.

I think it was much better when you got on your horse and rode two miles to talk to your neighbor.

For a long time, I was a career woman and that was it.

Learning to endure, transform by perspective or action, and be grateful is the fast lane to a good life. That's right. Having great luck and fortune is not the conduit to a loving and enjoyable life; gratitude is.

Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.

...home-schooled students are able to successfully adapt emotionally, interpersonally, and academically to their first, and most challenging, semester in college. That is probably because, having had the consistent teaching and support of a family and a community, they have developed strengths and convictions that provide a bridge over the troubled waters of a multitude of challenges and temptations.