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

“Outer beauty attracts, but inner beauty captivates.”

“If you’re in the luckiest one percent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 percent.”

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

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

“You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.”

“When you are looking at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.”

“You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.”

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

“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” 

“We never lose friends. We simply learn who the real ones are.”

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do. (Pele)

“The word ‘happy’ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.”