If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.
If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it's an undo-it-yourself project.
Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.
The purpose of life is to amount to something and have it make some difference that you lived at all.
If you want a place in the sun, you have got to put up with a few blisters.
People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.
Kids grow up awfully fast these days,"she said. "You should try to have a good relationship with your kids, no matter what they do.