"All my life people have told them to me. Pearls of wisdom worth more than rubies. 'Sentence sayings' filled with the wisdom of ages. It started with my Grandmother Ellen when I was just a kid. Now, many years later, my family and friends are still telling me pearls of wisdom. And they're some of the wisest things I've ever heard. They have either spared me a whole lot of pain and heartache, or they could have had I had the good sense to listen to them when they were first told to me. I hope you will find as much wisdom in these pearls as I have. Because it can make all the difference in your life."

• Barbie is a doll, not a goal.
• You preach a better sermon with your life than you do with your lips.
• They're the Ten Commandments, not the Ten Suggestions.
• In love, it is always better to want something you don't have than to have something you don't want.
• Look at life through the windshield, not the rearview mirror.
• Save money, and money will save you.
• You don't need a certain number of friends, just a number of friends you can be certain of.