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

“They are not your friend unless they have defended you in your absence.”

“If you get tired, learn to rest not to quit!”

Life is about balance. Be kind, but don’t let people abuse you. Trust, but don’t be deceived. Be content, but never stop improving yourself.

“Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.”

“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.”

Silence isn’t empty. It’s full of answers

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

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

“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.”

“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare”

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

“The only person you should strive to be better than, is the person you were yesterday. ”