I mean, I look at my dad. He was twenty when he started having a family, and he was always the coolest dad. He did everything for his kids, and he never made us feel like he was pressured. I know that it must be a great feeling to be a guy like that.

People are taken aback by a confident, pretty girl who knows what she wants in life and isn't going to let anyone get in her way. And you know what it's all about? Jealousy.

Jealousy is, I think, the worst of all faults because it makes a victim of both parties.

I like to use 'I Can't Believe it's Not Butter' on my toast in the morning, because sometimes when I eat breakfast, I like to be incredulous. How was breakfast? Unbelievable.

When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor.

You're never a loser until you quit trying.

There is one person who sends me three cards every year. One on New Year's, one for my birthday and the third that marks the anniversary of my flight into space.

Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.

Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.

Failure doesn't mean you are a failure it just means you haven't succeeded yet.

On Thanksgiving I will stop to give thanks that my family is safe and healthy, especially because I realize that, following the tragedies of this year, it is all too real a possibility that they might not have been.

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.

I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father's equal, and I never loved any other man as much.

Rome has not seen a modern building in more than half a century. It is a city frozen in time.

The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time.

Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.

Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will.

Father's Day is hopefully a time when the culture says, 'This is our moment to look at who our men and boys are.'

To give oneself earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get.

I love chicken. I would eat chicken fingers on Thanksgiving if it were socially acceptable.