If we would see others as they see themselves, our shyness would soon become compassion.

We have a choice every day — to act on yesterday's good intentions or get an early start on tomorrow's regrets.

Do I rue a life wasted doing crosswords? Yes, but I do know the three-letter-word for regret.

We realize we can't have everything, and so begins the mad dash to have everything else.

Each day, awakening, are we asked to paint the sky blue? Need we coax the sun to rise or flowers to bloom? Need we teach birds to sing, or children to laugh, or lovers to kiss? No, though we think the world imperfect, it surrounds us each day with its perfections. We are asked only to appreciate them, and to show appreciation by living in peaceful harmony amidst them. The Creator does not ask that we create a perfect world; He asks that we celebrate it.

I don't believe you really know God if you do not recognize His sense of humor.

It is a rare woman who can overcome her desire to remain pretty and allow herself to become beautiful.