“You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.”

“To me, beauty is natural beauty. If you’re naturally yourself, you’re beautiful.”

“Any alleged right of one man, which necessitates the violation of the rights of another isn’t and can’t be a right.”

“Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.”

“If you don’t know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.”

“Family is not about blood. It’s about who is willing to hold your hand when you need it the most.” 

“Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family.”

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

“The word ‘happy’ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.”

The best brains of the nation may be found on the last benches of the classroom.

ON CHILDREN

“Sometimes life doesn’t give you what you want, not because you don’t deserve it, but because you deserve so much more.”