It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Where I come from, deeds mean a lot more than words.
Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds.
Members will hear me say repeatedly words are important; deeds are a reality.
My mother's passion for something more, to write a different destiny for a dirt-poor farmer's daughter, was to shape my entire life.
All I ever seek from good deeds is a measure of respect.
I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.
Let deeds match words.
Because of 'Wasn't Expecting That,' I've had a lot of people come up to me and say how I've written their lives or their grandparents' lives. It means the world to me that I helped in the tiniest way.
I felt very honored, and I knew that people would be watching very closely, and I felt it was very, very important that I do a good job.
I was born into a profession in which my love of words, chosen with care for their meaning and nuance, was extremely important, not only to me, but also to the people with whom I worked with.