There comes a time when you roll up your sleeves and put yourself at the top of your commitment list.

You were born God's original. Try not to become someone's copy.

Investing in [children] is not a national luxury or a national choice. It's a national necessity. If the foundation of your house is crumbling, you don't say you can't afford to fix it while you're building astronomically expensive fences to protect it from outside enemies. The issue is not are we going to pay - it's are we going to pay now, up front, or are we going to pay a whole lot more later on.

Don't just dream about grandiose acts of doing good. Every day do small ones, that add up over time to positive patterns.

In every seed of good there is always a piece of bad.

Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.

No one, Eleanor Roosevelt said, can make you feel inferior without your consent. Never give it.