“Mamma says if we stay so focused on our past failings, we won't be able to move beyond them and learn what we need to know.”

“Mamma says we would be wise to remember that what goes around usually comes back around to us - the good or the bad - depending on which we dish out.”

“Mamma says gratitude helps us to see what is there instead of what isn't.”

“When it comes to words Mamma says, "If they are not good, then maybe they should not be said.”

“The land of easy mathematics where he who works adds up and he who retires subtracts.”

“At the age of 45, most days in Tucson were spent feeling like I was on the summit of Mauna Kea, as I was exhibiting debilitating health symptoms that corresponded to what I saw at very high altitud...”

“The hour is only long thus, if you've waited.”

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

“I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don't have a brain.”

“If your workplace was somehow transplanted into the jungle and everyone was forced to survive at a very primitive level, it's safe to say that eventually your boss would rape you.”

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”

“All Earthquakes and Disasters are warnings theres too much corruption in the world ”

“Its only when youre at the bottom of the ladder that you ascend.”