"The less money you owe, the less income you'll need and the less you'll have to save for tomorrow."

"A wise woman knows how to summon her courage and do what is right, rather than what is easy."

"I get so frustrated when people tell me it's unrealistic to create an eight-month emergency savings fund, or have money saved for a home down payment, or pay off their $5,000 credit card balance."

"Owning a home is a keystone of wealth - both financial affluence and emotional security."

"Every sunset is a reminder that every failure is just a stepping stone to greatness."

"For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour."

"I feel like a hostage to fortune. Not that I am complaining. I wanted to play the role. But in truth I didn't think the show would be such a success. OK, I thought it would fail. Not because it was bad. I was confident it was good, but plenty of good things just sort of wither on the vine."

"Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day."