A lot of people think this is a goodie two-shoes talking. But we do have a tendency to complain rather than celebrating who we are. I learned at my mother's knee it's better to appreciate what's happening... I think we kind of talk ourselves into the negative sometimes.
Quoting her mother: The trouble with a book is you never know what's in it until it's too late!
My mother always told me that as you go through life, no matter what you do, or how you do it, you leave a little footprint, and that's your legacy.
My mother was right when she said that turning pro would take away my youth.
Each night the black sky and the bright stars were my stunning companions; occasionally Id see their beauty and solemnity so plainly that I'd realize in a piercing way that my mother was right. That someday I WOULD be grateful and that in fact I was grateful now, that I felt something growing in me that was strong and real.
Mother's words of wisdom: Answer me! Don't talk with food in your mouth!
I think my mother, more than anyone, knew the importance of inspiration. If it was occurring, you had to use it.
My mother once said "If you don't pay attention to age, then it won't pay attention to you." And she says it, and it sounds nice, but I don't buy it.
My mother would say it is literally ghost writers who come to me.
Students ask me what is the best advice you could give me? And I say, 'Your mother's right.'
My mother always used to say, 'There is no path to peace. Peace is the path.'
JB’s mother had taught him early on that appreciated women are happy women.
When I look back on my life, I wonder how I survived - my mother said I had a guardian angel.
