I thought if I could face the worst danger voluntarily, and triumph, I would forever have power over it.

I'm very blessed that I have a healthy temper. I can become quite angry and burning in anger, but I have never been bitter. Bitterness is a corrosive, terrible acid. It just eats you and makes you sick.

In an unfamiliar culture, it is wise to offer no innovations, no suggestions, or lessons.

Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.

Courage allows the successful woman to fail - and to learn powerful lessons from the failure - so that in the end, she didn't fail at all.

I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I'm praying, but also something wonderful happens to me. I'm grateful that I'm heard.

To be human is to be challenged to be more divine. Not even to try to meet such a challenge is the biggest defeat imaginable.