I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.

In my deepest, darkest moments, what really got me through was a prayer. Sometimes my prayer was 'Help me.' Sometimes a prayer was 'Thank you.' What I've discovered is that intimate connection and communication with my creator will always get me through because I know my support, my help, is just a prayer away.

None so deaf as those that will not hear. None so blind as those that will not see.

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.

What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.

How hard it is to have the beautiful interdependence of marriage and yet be strong in oneself alone.

Work alone is noble.

The cautious seldom err.

I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build.

I'm thankful for every moment.

Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.

I think we take it for granted that if you are with your husband after 30 years, then he is the love of your life.

What I've enjoyed most, though, is meeting people who have a real interest in food and sharing ideas with them. Good food is a global thing and I find that there is always something new and amazing to learn - I love it!

Don't clap too hard - it's a very old building.

My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor.

In the spring of 1936, I was introduced by friends to Jean Tatlock. In the autumn, I began to court her. We were at least twice close enough to marriage to think of ourselves as engaged.

First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, 'I believe,' three times.

He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.

The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.

Take a leap of faith and begin this wondrous new year by believing. Believe in yourself. And believe that there is a loving Source - a Sower of Dreams - just waiting to be asked to help you make your dreams come true.

An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while the pessimist sees only the red spotlight... The truly wise person is color-blind.