it is not tears but determination that makes pain bearable.

Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.

I've had an exciting time; I married for love and got a little money along with it.

I'm one of the most fortunate people in the world.

Modern candidates seem to have to live with political matters all the time. In my father's time, a politician's home was still his castle.

When I think of my past, I try to dwell on the good times, the happy moments, and not to be haunted by the bad. . . To me the gift of life is contained in the command, whatever happens: "Don't let it get you. Just keep on going." Thus, I try to think of the good that I have already experienced and what will still be coming.

I would much rather be known as the mother of a great son than the author of a great book or the painter of a great masterpiece.