“Family is not about blood. It’s about who is willing to hold your hand when you need it the most.” 

You have to remember that the hard days are what make you stronger.

Never regret being a good person, to the wrong people. Your behavior says everything about you, and their behavior says enough about them.

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

“Choose thoughts that give you the emotions of being alive and excited about life.”

ON CHILDREN

“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.”

Failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of Success.

You don’t have to defend or explain your decisions to anyone. It’s your life. Live it without apologies.

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

“The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.”

I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor?