What I know for sure is that whatever has happened to you has also happened for you.

You CAN have it all. You just can't have it all at once.

Failure is a signpost to turn you in another direction.

Walk through life eager and open to self-improvemen t and that which is going to best help you evolve, because that's really why we're here - to evolve as human beings.

This past Thanksgiving, my father was at the farm, and I had all 11 dogs in the house with a father who never allowed dogs in the house. And he got up to leave the table and came back and Solomon was in his chair. And he says, "This dog is in my chair." And I said, "It's the other way around, you're sitting in his chair."

When you're doing the work you're meant to do, it feels right and every day is a bonus, regardless of what you're getting paid.

Back then, a few doilies and napkins were all that a lot of women had. In the little house where I grew up, the pillowcases my grandmother embroidered were the only things of beauty.