“I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.”

I’ve learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you’ll miss them when they’re gone from your life.

I believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.

You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.

The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.

There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.

While one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.

It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.

I’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as ‘making a life’.

Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.

We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends and living our lives.

Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.

Nothing will work unless you do.

The problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but they don’t know my story.

Be modest. A lot was accomplished before you were born.

People who accomplish big things did small things well.

It’s always a huge red flag for me when somebody’s reticent or reluctant or a little slow in providing thoughtful references that are a testament to them as a person and their professional accomplishments.

It is not easy to stop thinking ill of others.Usually one must enter into a friendship with a person who has accomplished that great feat himself.Then something might start to rub off on you of that true elegance.

Write a thousand words a day and in three years you’ll be a writer!

Life is meant for living.. I know that sounds simplistic, but how many days do you let slip by without really doing something, accomplishing something, making a life change, a lifestyle change?

I am very proud of my father and what he’s accomplished. It is amazing.

In Missouri, where I come from, we don’t talk about what we do – we just do it. If we talk about it, it’s seen as bragging.