I was brought up Methodist, christened as a little baby and went to church every Sunday.

Never ever give up, even, and especially, when there is no chance of winning.

Beauty once seemed to me to be an accident of nature... But now that I can see my life on my face, I realize we earn the way we end up looking. Time, it seems, gives us all a chance to really be beautiful.

Beauty doesn't matter because in the end, we all lose our looks and all we have is our heart.

It's time to be bold about who you really are.

Maybe the best thing you'll ever do, you haven't even thought of yet.

Journalism is an act of faith in the future.

If you can have faith in your real self, you'll suffer less. Be bold about who you really are.

It is important for women to know who they are, and to know what makes their hearts sing.

Certainly the research shows that grateful people are more innovative thinkers.

Your dreams can be realities. They are the stuff that leads us through life toward great happiness.

There is a comfort in rituals, and rituals provide a framework for stability when you are trying to find answers.

I want my kids to be curious, to be interested in a lot of things, to be confident, and to feel they belong in any number of situations.

Im about as straight an arrow as youll find out there.

So for years I kept mum about my passion for needle arts.

The biggest surprise, which is also the best, is that I didn't know I would love motherhood as much as I do.

I now find magic in the mundane. I'm also more creative - better able to look beyond the obvious and come up with new story angles.

There is no dramatic difference in happiness on the part of people who are wealthy.

If I have time to exercise, I do it, but I don't fixate on numbers like weight or waist size. Numbers don't work for me.