“Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.”

“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.”

“Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.”

“Why don’t you focus on where you’re going and less on where you came from?”

“Don’t worry about those who talk behind your back, they are behind you for a reason.”

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

Be proud, you survived the days you thought you couldn’t.

A dream is not that which you see while sleeping, it is something that does not let you sleep.

Easy is to judge the mistakes of others. Difficult is to realize your own mistakes.

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

“If you don’t know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.”

“Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions.”