A dream is not that which you see while sleeping, it is something that does not let you sleep.

“The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.”

“If you want to find out who your real friends are, sink the ship. The first ones to jump aren’t your friends.”

Anyone can buy a good house, but good neighbors are priceless.

“Kindness gives birth to kindness.”

Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don’t wish it were easier; wish you were better.

“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.”

“Everyone needs a house to live in, but a supportive family is what builds a home.”

“Whatever life gives you, even if it hurts, just be strong and act like you’re okay. Strong walls shake but never collapse.”

“That is what compassion does. It challenges our assumptions, our sense of self-limitation, worthlessness, of not having a place in the world, our feelings of loneliness and estrangement. These are narrow, constrictive states of mind. As we develop compassion, our hearts open.”

“If you’re in the luckiest one percent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 percent.”

“When you are looking at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.”

The magic thing about home is that it feels good to leave, and it feels even better to come back.