| Children are not a distraction from more important work. They are the most important work. |
| Never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be. |
| When you're a mother, you're never really alone in your thoughts... a mother always has to think twice once for herself and once for her child. |
| Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements. |
| I think my mom put it best. She said, 'Little girls soften their daddy's hearts.' |
| No man stands taller than when he stoops to help a child. |
| A father is neither an anchor to hold us back, nor a sail to take us there, but a guiding light whose love shows us the way. |
| Family is not about blood. It's about who is willing to hold your hand when you are in blood. |
| Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness. |
| We've gotta start teaching our daughters to be somebodies instead of somebody's. |
