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

It hurts when you go through something that kills you inside but you have to act like it doesn’t affect you.

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

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

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

“Don’t lose hope. When the sun goes down, the stars come out.”

“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.”

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

“It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved.”

“The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.”

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

“I don’t want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.”