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

“Gratitude is one of the most powerful human emotions. Once expressed, it changes attitude, brightens outlook, and broadens our perspective.”

Your diet is not only what you eat.

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”

“It’s not what we have in life, but who we have in our life that matters.”

“A friend who understands your tears is much more valuable than a lot of friends who only know your smile.”

Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.

Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family.

“Success is not only for the elite. Success is there for those who want it, plan for it, and take action to achieve it.”

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

“I don’t want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.” 

“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.”