Never regret being a good person, to the wrong people. Your behavior says everything about you, and their behavior says enough about 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.”

“You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.”

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

“It is important that we forgive ourselves for making mistakes. We need to learn from our errors and move on.”

“If you’re in the luckiest one percent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 percent.”

“When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.”

“Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn’t stop for anybody.”

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do. (Pele)

“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.”

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

“What we all have in common is an appreciation of kindness and compassion; all the religions have this. Love. We all lean towards love.”