“Push one step further not because it’s easy, but because you can.”

An expectation is a hidden agenda with control at its root.

The best thing you can do for yourself is find a way back to center – the quicker, the better, the healthier, the better.

Where opportunity meets passion. Beyond that, dreams are possible.

My healing isn’t a choice to abandon others, it’s a choice to no longer abandon myself.

If the world grows darker, our light shines brighter.

Make space to feel both grief and gratitude.

No one else is on your path so why should their limits be?

Be sure in who you’re meant to be and how you’re going to get there, that nothing will stop you.

Goodness is not the absence of disease. It is an intentional process for health.

Forgiveness is such a blessing. It frees us.

The most beautiful things in life are the simplest: people, conversation, connection, fresh air, & flowers.

Have the courage to unfollow unreal people from your life.

Sometimes you need to get away to get a literal breath of fresh air physically & mentally.

Finish your plate of food otherwise you won’t get any dessert later.

Truth isn’t about justice & empowerment. Truth is a person.

If you find success in a different path at a different rate, celebrate and don’t ever doubt yourself.

The success of the Starbucks has been based on this balance between profitability and a social conscience. Everywhere we’re doing business, were trying to manage the business through the lens of humanity.

We all have a life story and a message that can inspire others to live a better life or run a better business. Why not use that story and message to serve others and grow a real business doing it?

Businesses often forget about the culture, and ultimately, they suffer for it because you can’t deliver good service from unhappy employees.

Launching a business is kind of like a motorboat: You can go very quickly and turn fast.

A woman may be beautiful but have poor character. A man may be a business genius, making money left and right, but lack common courtesy, sensitivity, and compassion.

To make money in the markets, you have to think independently and be humble.

Isn’t it fitting that so many of those who have contempt for the private sector will soon find themselves back in it?

Everyone agrees that the failure of our high schools is tragic. It’s bad business, and it’s bad policy. But we act as if it can’t be helped. It can be helped. We designed these high schools; we can redesign them.