Each of us has a responsibility for being alive: one responsibility to creation, of which we are a part, another to the creator a debt we repay by trying to extend our areas of comprehension.

I wasn't a pretty girl. I was six feet tall at 15, you know.

Something made greater by ourselves and in turn that makes us greater.

You have to deal with what you encounter. But you must not be reduced. And so a way not to be reduced is don't whine! Don't let the incidents which take place in life bring you low.

People have to feel needed. Frequently, we just offer a job and 'perks.' We don't always offer people a purpose. When people feel there is a purpose and that they're needed, there's not much else to do except let them do the work.

What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.

At 50, I began to know who I was. It was like waking up to myself.