The true mark of maturity is when somebody hurts you and you try to understand their situation instead of trying to hurt them back.

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

“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.”

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

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

Live your best, and act your best, and think your best each day, for there may be no tomorrows.

We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”

“Home is the place, where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.”  

“When all the dust is settled and all the crowds are gone, the things that matter are faith, family, and friends.”

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

“Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.”

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