My fans saw me get engaged, saw me make that woman my wife, me having kids, me divorcing, me talking about divorce before the divorce, me talking about my kids‘ reaction to that divorce.

I always put myself out there. I’m not afraid to commit to something.

Neil Young is my hero, and such a great example. You know what that guy has been doing for the past 40 years? Making music. That’s what that guy does. Sometimes you pay attention, sometimes you don’t. Sometimes he hands it to you, sometimes he keeps it to himself. He’s a good man with a beautiful family and wonderful life.

For a young person, it is almost a sin, or at least a danger, to be too preoccupied with himself; but for the ageing person, it is a duty and a necessity to devote serious attention to himself.

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

I loved writing for kids, I loved talking to children about what I’d written, I don’t want to leave that behind.

There is a ‚sanctity‘ involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of it.

People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.

I praticed making faces in the mirror and it would drive my mother crazy. She used to scare me by saying that I was going to see the devil if I kept looking in the mirror. That fascinated me even more, of course.

You gotta understand: I believe a woman should praise the man, the king. If you holding it down for your woman, I feel like the woman should praise. And the man should praise the queen.

The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.

It didn’t even occur to me that I’m the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music.

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

This character feels so much like my brother. He has two children. He has a wife. He works with me. He chooses to stay in New Hampshire because he wants his kids to grow up in the school they started with. He doesn’t want them to lose friends. He is his family’s hero.

If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.

Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows.

Counsel with your parents is a privilege at any age.

The reason I became 297 pounds is because that was comfortable. What was very uncomfortable was running. What was very uncomfortable was being on a diet. What was very uncomfortable was trying to face things that I didn’t want to face. And I also realized, when I was really big, I had no growth. Why? Because I was living comfortable.

No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a woman hate a man for being a friend to her.

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

When I was growing up, I wanted to adopt, because I was aware there were kids that didn’t have parents.

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that shows that what I say is true.

Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.

I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am, which is my life, the power to create.

You know, my family and friends have never been yes-men: ‚Yes, you’re doing the right thing, you’re always right.‘ No, they tell me when I’m wrong, and that’s why I’ve been able to stay who I am and stay humble.

No one is laughable who laughs at himself.

Ultimately this issue is on us. We’re the ones who make the decisions about what our kids eat.

I’ve never been a hands-on dad. I’m not ashamed to admit it, but you can’t run a restaurant and be home for tea at 4:30 and bath and change nappies.

I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love.

So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.

Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.

As I got older, my pops tried to keep me involved with the culture by telling me the stories of the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea, how he came to America, and about our family back home, because all that side of my family – my aunties, grandparents – is in Africa.

It’s hard for anybody who’s been with me not to feel starved for affection when I’m making love to my ideas. Maybe it’s not meant for me to settle down and be married.

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!

You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to themselves.

Never injure a friend, even in jest.

Family home evening is more for the purpose of teaching values and gospel principles, displaying talents and enjoying different kinds of family fun and activities.

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, ‚always do what you are afraid to do.‘

I’m afraid to fail again.

You can write a song about being in love with someone, but you don’t have to be in love with anyone.

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.

I’m happy being myself, which I’ve never been before. I always hid in other people, or tried to find myself through the characters, or live out their lives, but I didn’t have those things in mine.

Long before history began we men have got together apart from the women and done things. We had time.

My work and my family are very important to me.

I’ve never had a dislike for men. I’ve been badly treated by some. But I’ve been loved greatly by some. I married a lot of them.

How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names.

Me and my dad are friends. We’re cool. I’ll never be disappointed again, because I don’t expect anything anymore from him. I just let him exist, and that’s how we get along.

It wasn’t so long ago that I was a working mom myself. And I know that sometimes, much as we all hate to admit it, it’s just easier to park the kids in front of the TV for a few hours, so we can pay the bills or do the laundry or just have some peace and quiet for a change.

New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become.

Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.

People are always coming up to me and saying, ‚I heard your dad’s speech, and it’s really great.‘ And they’ll mention some place I didn’t even know my dad was going to.

Anyone who has declared someone else to be an idiot, a bad apple, is annoyed when it turns out in the end that he isn’t.

With fame, you know, you can read about yourself, somebody else’s ideas about you, but what’s important is how you feel about yourself – for survival and living day to day with what comes up.

I’m not a natural performer or exhibitionist. When I was younger, I hated the focus, and it made me feel strange.

By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world By practicing reverence for life we become good, deep, and alive.

A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night.

As a medical doctor, I have known the face of adversity. I have seen much of death and dying, suffering and sorrow. I also remember the plight of students overwhelmed by their studies and of those striving to learn a foreign language. And I recall the fatigue and frustration felt by young parents with children in need.

The secret to a long marriage is to stay gone.

Humility is to make a right estimate of one’s self.

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.