“There's no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.”

“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.”

“The way to achieve happiness is to try for perfection that is impossible to achieve, and spend the rest of your life trying to achieve it.”

“...I realized that there is no shortage of the love a mother has to offer her children. There is a never-ending supply of love, pride, and affection, and each child will no doubt receive his equal share. Thankfully, it's just the way we are built. There is, however, something that each child doesn't get the same amount of, and that is called attention.”

“The best way to win an argument is to begin by being right.”

“When you get a thing the way you want it, leave it alone.”

“Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.”