If you are positive, you’ll see opportunities instead of obstacles.

“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.”

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

“A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.”

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

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

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

“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.”

“The moment we cry in a film is not when things are sad but when they turn out to be more beautiful than we expected them to be.”

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

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

“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.”