“Claim ownership of your dreams.”

Strong people stand up for themselves. Stronger people stand up for others. The irony is that while sleep sometimes brings nightmares, it’s the reality of my waking hours that can cause me the greater fear.

Always, always pursue happiness.

The balance in your life is more important than the balance in your checking account.

We all understand genetics. You get your eyes from your dad, your mom’s nose, there’s nothing you can do about that. But your spiritual genetics you can choose, pick, embrace and commit to. That’s what I did.

People can’t do something themselves, they want to tell you you can’t do it. You want something, go get it.

Well, I really don’t want to be a high-powered corporate lawyer. I’m really passionate about painting.

One of the things young people always ask me about is what is the secret to success. The secret is there is no secret. It’s the basics. Blocking and tackling.

Baby steps count, as long as you are going forward. You add them all up, and one day you look back and you’ll be surprised at where you might get to.

Find something that you love. Something that gets you so excited you can’t wait to get out of bed in the morning. Forget about money. Be happy.

Do something that you love. Whatever you’re going to do is going to be tough enough. Find something that gets you so excited that the sun can’t come up early enough in the morning because you want to go do your thing.

But if you don’t take the necessary steps to make them happen, dreams are just mirages that mess with your head!

No one ever laid out the sequence of events that led to my mother being prosecuted and imprisoned for alleged welfare fraud.

If you have a dream, you’ve got to protect it.

The secret to success: find something you love to do so much, you can’t wait for the sun to rise to do it all over again.

There was a language specific to all things. The ability to learn another language in one arena, whether it was music, medicine, or finance, could be used to accelerate learning and other arenas, too.

You can only depend on yourself. The cavalry aint coming.

What power would hell have if those imprisoned here would not be able to dream of heaven?

Don’t ever let pride stop you from your dream. When we humble ourselves we can step out to what is seen.

In civilizations without ships, dreams dry up, espionage takes the place of adventure and the police take the place of corsairs.

I’ve always been a dreamer chasing the clouds.

Never in my wildest dreams would I have dreamed you here with me.

Be the girl you see yourself as in your dreams. Now show up as she watches all the life she brings.

You are fragments of a dream I thought I had forgotten long ago.

Stretch reach higher climb keep going you’ll make it.