“It is necessary, and even vital, to set standards for your life and the people you allow in it.”

The way you treat people who are in no position to help you, further you, or benefit you reveals the true state of your heart.

Our friends have a way of reminding us of how fabulous we are when the rest of the world has forgotten.

A girl who truly knows herself is a girl that everybody else wants to know.

You will never gain anyone’s approval by begging for it. When you stand confident in your own worth, respect follows.

Be a bit of a challenge; not because you’re playing games but because you realize you’re worth the extra effort.

There is never a moment when God is not in control. Relax! He’s got you covered.

You don’t have to knock anyone off their game to win yours. It doesn’t build you up to tear others down.

There is no model, no actress, no Miss America contender that can outshine a happy, confident, secure woman.

A busy, vibrant, goal-oriented woman is so much more attractive than a woman who waits around for a man to validate her existence.

A season of loneliness and isolation is when the caterpillar gets its wings. Remember that next time you feel alone.

No matter how much you stress or obsess about the past or future, you can’t change either one. In the present is where your power lies.

Sometimes it takes a wrong turn to get you to the right place.

When life brings you full circle, pay attention. There’s a lesson there.

She has to have four arms, four legs, four eyes, two hearts, and double the love. There is nothing “single” about a single mom.

Breakups have a way of shaking us awake and helping us see what we really want vs. what we are willing to settle for.

Sometimes it takes a heartbreak to shake us awake & help us see we are worth so much more than we’re settling for.

In building a statue, a sculptor doesn’t keep adding clay to his subject. Actually, he keeps chiseling away at the nonessentials until the truth of his creation is revealed without obstruction.

Good writing is essentially rewriting.

Mr. Bean is essentially a child trapped in the body of a man. All cultures identify with children in a similar way, so he has this bizarre global outreach.

The essential things in life are seen, not with the eyes but with the heart.

Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential.

Launching a business is essentially an adventure in problem-solving.

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.

Acting essentially requires feeling.