Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.

Your child needs your presence more than your presents. – Jesse Jackson

Believing in negative thoughts is the single greatest obstruction to success.

“When you are looking at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.”

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

“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.”

“Don’t make a habit out of choosing what feels good over what’s actually good for you.”

The magic thing about home is that it feels good to leave, and it feels even better to come back.

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

“We must understand that sadness is an ocean, and sometimes we drown, while other days we are forced to swim.”

“If it’s important you’ll find a way. If it’s not, you’ll find an excuse.”

“When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen you may learn something new.”