My son is the best thing that ever happened to me. And through me - to a lot of people.

I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life.

One must learn to care for oneself first, so that one can then dare to care for someone else.

Freedom is never free.

You can't forgive without loving. And I don't mean sentimentality. I don't mean mush. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, 'I forgive. I'm finished with it.'

I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.

Modesty is a learned affectation. It's no good. Humility is great, because humility says, 'There was someone before me. I'm following in somebody's footsteps.'