I looked on child rearing not only as a work of love and duty but as a profession that was fully as interesting and challenging as any honorable profession in the world and one that demanded the best that I could bring to it.

I tried to allow my children to take risks, to test themselves. Better broken bones than broken spirit.

It is selfish to concern oneself with tragedies.

I don't think you're much good, unless you're doing good to someone.

Make sure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, and you can't settle anything until morning anyway.

it is not tears but determination that makes pain bearable.

What greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter?