The hardest thing to accept as a parent is that you cannot apply the bandage before the bruise.

If God had intended me to make excuses for who I am, He would have given me better excuses.

Perhaps I have lived my life to excess, but know what — if I had it to do over again, I would overdo it again.

There are times when you seek your solitude, and your solitude just wants to be left alone.

No man is so idle that he cannot rouse himself just enough to get in the way of a busy person.

Life is too short to hold a grudge, also too long.

Eventually the person who tries to fix the problem will be blamed for causing it.