Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law?
No great improvements in the lot of mankind are possible until a great change takes place in the fundamental constitution of their modes of thought.
Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working.
The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself.
Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis.
Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.
The most important thing she'd learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.