There are friends, there is family, and then there are friends that become family.

“What we all have in common is an appreciation of kindness and compassion; all the religions have this. Love. We all lean towards love.”

A mother is your first friend, your best friend, your forever friend.

Don’t mistake silence for weakness. Smart people don’t plan big moves out loud.

Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.

To the world, you are a mother, to your family you are the world.

The best brains of the nation may be found on the last benches of the classroom.

Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family.

“The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.”

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

ON CHILDREN

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.

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