“Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.”

“Don’t focus on negative things; focus on the positive, and you will flourish.”

“Sometimes we can feel like we are not good enough, but it is important to remember that we have nothing to prove others. Love and respect yourself each and every day.”

Understand that consistency is essential; nothing is achieved without it.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

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

“You have to dream before your dreams can come true.”

“It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved.”

“Characterize people by their actions, and you will never be fooled by their words.”

“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.”

The greatest mistake we make in relationships, we listen half, understand quarter, think zero, and react double.

“Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.”