“They think Im simpleminded because I seem to be happy. Why shouldnt I be happy? I have everything I ever wanted and more. Maybe I am simpleminded. Maybe thats the key: simple.”

“If you dont like the road youre walking, start paving another one.”

“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain!”

“I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else.”

“Storms make trees take deeper roots.”

“If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words”

“To be prosperous you must discover your giftings, potentials and talents”

“To be prosperous you must discover your gifting’s, potentials and talents”

“A soldier's life revolves around his mail. Like many others, I've been able to follow my kid's progress from the day he was born until now he is able to walk and talk a little, and although I have ...”

“It takes a society to raise a generation.”

“Being a parent is dirty and scary and beautiful and hard and miraculous and exhausting and thankless and joyful and frustrating all at once. Its everything. (Confessions of a Scary Mommy, Gallery B...”

“Hide not your talents, they for use were made,What's a sundial in the shade?”

“The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it. ”

“Talent is extremely common. What is rare is the willingness to endure the life of the writer.”