The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet.
Your life is your own, to develop or to destroy. You can blame others little and yourself almost totally if that life is not a productive, worthy, full, and abundant one.
The more we serve our fellowmen in appropriate ways, the more substance there is to our souls. We become more significant individuals as we serve others. We become more substantive as we serve others—indeed, it is easier to “find” ourselves because there is so much more of us to find!
Success is not measured in achievement of goals, but in the stress and strain of meeting those goals
How long has it been since you took your children, whatever their size, in your arms and told them that you love them and are glad that they can be yours forever?
Wherever you have a plot of land, however small, plant a garden. Staying close to the soil is good for the soul.
To be a mother is a woman's greatest vocation in life. She is a partner with God. No being has a position of such power and influence. She holds in her hands the destiny of nations, for to her comes the responsibility and opportunity of molding the nation's citizens.
Sometimes it takes the better part of a lifetime to find out what your passion is, but in my observation, if you do, it might be the best part of your life.
The crucial question one comes back to is the examination; without that experience is meaningless. And I think it's true that society is becoming more and more passive, less and less fired up with enthusiasm, in many spheres.
To a haughty belly, kindness is hard to swallow and harder to digest.
You want what you want, whether or not you think you can have it.