Perfectionism doesn't make you feel perfect. It makes you feel inadequate.

I think that public service is tough on a family - no ifs, ands, buts about it. I have my own personal wishes, but they're not always front and center.

I see bright kids trapped in public schools that are just warehousing them. As an educator this makes me scared. As Secretary of State, this makes me terrified.

Motherhood: 24/7 on the frontlines of humanity. Are you man enough to try it?

We all obsess about what we are doing and accomplishing. What if we let it go and simply made the way we live our lives our accomplishment?

The big thing is that if you don't try something, you'll always wonder. What could that have been like? What if...?

God puts mentors in your path. They may not look like you, sound like you, or be what you expect. But they always know more that you.