What if I lose you?" "You can't lose your mother, Charley.

Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away.

All these people that you meet or I meet, there's not a prayer in hell that they're ever going to run for office or major office because if they're that smart, they're also smart enough to know they don't want to take everything that they've built up and have it torn apart by a sensationalized media that's so hungry for any kind of salacious detail that they'll make that the emphasis of the person's life. And then all of sudden, 50, 60 years of hard work and accomplishment go out the window.

Every day, have a little bird on your shoulder that asks, 'Is today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person i want to be? Is today the day I die?

Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it.

Invest in the human family. Invest in people. Build a little community of those you love and who love you.

No life is a waste. The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we're alone.