Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.

Lectures should go from being like the family singing around the piano to high-quality concerts.

I’ve been very lucky. I come from a very close family.

My mami and papi love my music. They’re always listening to the radio waiting for one of my songs to come on. And when it does, they turn up the volume – and turn it back down when it’s over.

I’ve been blessed in that regard through and through. So I’m just thankful for this opportunity to play the game that I love and share that with the world.

The odds of me coming into the rocket business, not knowing anything about rockets, not having ever built anything, I mean, I would have to be insane if I thought the odds were in my favor.

Upon the farm of the uncle with whom I lived, we did know of the mortgage as some dreadful damper on youthful hopes of things that could not be bought. I do have a vivid recollection that the major purpose of a farm was to produce a living right on the spot for the family.

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn’t know how to get along without it.

Surely wisdom will come as we listen to learn from children, parents, partners, neighbors, Church leaders, and the Lord.

Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.

Men are what their mothers made them.

I work very hard, but when God opens that door for you – when life opens that door for you, I should say – I think it’s important to be giving, to return the love back.

Treat your children like the blessings they are or don’t have them at all.

There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.

I like the good life too much, I’m not good at going on stage night after night and on wet Wednesday afternoons.

I’ve always put everybody else’s child first before my own health, before my own outfit, before my own time frame.

Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level.

I’m happiest with my family around me.

I have a son, who is my heart. A wonderful young man, daring and loving and strong and kind.

There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.

We were the first generation to have to deal with the modern stardom of football. Some handled it better than others.

As the father of eight children, I’m quite convinced that each individual arrives here with their own unique personality. We are intended here from an invisible held of infinite potentiality. That which has no form, has no boundaries – it’s the I that’s in the ever-changing body.

A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.

I do not raise brats!

The course of true love never did run smooth.

I was a bit challenged when I was younger to stay on the right path.

Train up a child in the way that he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

I love my daddy. My daddy’s everything. I hope I can find a man that will treat me as good as my dad.

With patient and firm determination, I am going to press on for jobs. I’m going to press on for equality. I’m going to press on for the sake of our children. I’m going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I am going to press on.

In general my children refuse to eat anything that hasn’t danced in television.

As a father, safety is always a top of mind issue for me.

The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them.

The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.

Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other.

As you deal with more and more complex systems, it becomes harder and harder to find deep and interesting properties.

There’s a belief that you’re supposed to be poor, and suffering, and show your humility. I just don’t see the Bible that way. I see that God came and Jesus died so that we might live an abundant life and be a blessing to others.

Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.

My kids are coming up in a different time then me. Interracial couples are of the norm. With me, it’s about making sure my kids understand the importance of education and having opportunities that I didn’t. My goal as a parent is to make sure they don’t take what they have for granted.

We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.

I do know this… I seem to reach a lot of previously unchurched people. So many people have told me they never went to church until they heard our message of hope that God is a good God who desires to bless those who are faithful and obedient to Him through Jesus Christ.

It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.

Being a full human being is difficult, frightening, and problematical.

If you’ve ever hauled a 28-pound two-year-old around New York, you’ll find that men fold at the knees a lot quicker than women.

Actors are one family over the entire world.

I’ve seen too many ups and downs in the movie industry.

People wonder aloud about whether I am an okay mother. That is obviously painful because it’s so important to me. It’s hard to hear that people think I’m not a capable mother and a good person, that they just think I’m nuts.

People’s blessings give you the power to work tirelessly. The only thing required is commitment.

For a long time I was scared I’d find out I was like my mother.

I believe with all my heart that America remains ‚the great idea‘ that inspires the world. It is a privilege to be born here. It is an honor to become a citizen here. It is a gift to raise your family here, to vote here, and to live here.

The only big things I’ve purchased are my dad’s heart valve and a Rolls-Royce for my parents, for their anniversary. And that was only because my dad had a Lady Gaga license plate on our old car and it was making me crazy because he was getting followed everywhere, so I bought him a new car.

Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.

Men weren’t always happy for me. It was very challenging to watch a woman be so successful.

I delayed my father’s funeral because of cricket.

I grew up as this very carefree, happy kid then things turned darker for me. Maybe it was because I saw that the world wasn’t as happy a place as I had hoped it would be for me.

It’s always a struggle growing up in Akron.

‚Doo-wop‘ is a very special word for me. Because I grew up listening to my dad who, as a Fifties rock & roll head, loved doo-wop music.

Through every victory and every setback, I’ve insisted that change is never easy and never quick; that we wouldn’t meet all of our challenges in one term, or one presidency, or even in one lifetime.

I am just happy to be part of the Nike family.

My upbringing was solid because of the people I had around me.

In our home there was always prayer – aloud, proud and unapologetic.