You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

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

The greatest mistake we make in relationships, we listen half, understand quarter, think zero, and react double.

ON CHILDREN

“Good friends are like stars. You don’t always see them, but you know they’re always there.”

“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.”

“Kindness gives birth to kindness.”

“A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.”

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

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

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

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

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