"Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. A profound reflection on human nature."

"Your business is never really good or bad 'out there.' Your business is either good or bad right between your own two ears."

"Every choice you make has an end result."

"A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her."

"I make my living with words, but my life with people."

"To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow."

"No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow."

"Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman."

"Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet."

"I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back."

"Dream big, but work bigger."

"The only way to get out of mediocrity is to keep shooting for excellence."

"You don't get out of life what you want, you get what you earn."

"The difference between average and extraordinary is that little extra."

"Information changes situations."