“The only person you should strive to be better than, is the person you were yesterday. ”

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

“There are certain people who make the world a better place just by being in it. You are one of those people. I love you my friend.”

Be Kind, Have Grace, Give Thanks, Speak Love, and Stay Swaggy

“Dream, dream, dream. Dreams transform into thoughts and thoughts result in action.”

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“Stress, anxiety, and depression are caused when we are living to please others.”

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

“It’s not what we have in life, but who we have in our life that matters.”