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

“Whatever life gives you, even if it hurts, just be strong and act like you’re okay. Strong walls shake but never collapse.”

Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.

The less you respond to negative people, the more positive your life will become.

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

“Don’t be afraid to start over. This time you’re not starting from scratch, you’re starting from experience.”

“Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.”

“Don’t go through life, grow through life.”

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart”

ON CHILDREN

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

“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.”