A good friend is a connection to life – a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world.
All friends are not for life, but if you have a true friend, you have a life.
A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is so enchanted with the wonderful things her grandchildren do.
I thought about all of us women and how we spend half our lives rebelling against our mothers and the next half rebelling against our daughters.
Did I choose you? Did you choose me? And what difference does it make? All that really matters, friend, is that we chose together.
Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths.
If I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren, I’d have had them first.
The single and most dangerous word to be spoken in business is no. The second most dangerous word is yes. It is possible to avoid saying either.
So, if you have a grandma, thank the good Lord above, and give your grandmamma hugs and kisses, for grandmothers are to love.
Age becomes reality when you hear someone refer to that attractive young woman standing next to the woman in the green dress, and you find that you’re the one in the green dress.
It was only long after the ceremony that we learned why we got married in the first place.
The only people in the world who can change things are those who can sell ideas.
Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation.
Don’t get so involved in the duties of your life and your children that you forget the pleasure. Remember why you had children.
Didn’t we, like our grandchildren, begin with a childhood we thought would never end? Now, all of a sudden, I’m older than my parents were when I thought they were old.
Most meetings are too long, too dull, too unproductive – and too much a part of corporate life to be abandoned.
Your mother calls and says she hasn’t seen you for a long time. The first year: You invite her for a week. You give her your room, and you both sleep on the lumpy studio couch. The fifth year: Your mother sleeps on the lumpy studio couch. The tenth year: You send the children to mother.
No matter what the job description says, your real job is to make the boss look good.
Nothing is more stylish than power.
For all of us, whether we walk old paths or blaze new trails, friends remain important.