“Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.”

To those who are given much, much is expected.

The main thing in one’s own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.

The best candy shop a child can be left alone in, is the library.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.

I don’t trust people who don’t love themselves and tell me, I love you. There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.

If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform a million realities.

The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.

We need much less than we think we need.

My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.

A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.

I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.

No one can take the place of a friend, no one.

Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.

Train your mind the same way you’d train a puppy: Be patient, be consistent, and have some fun along the way.

Put something in place that you value and often times it helps with us being consistent.

There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.

I don’t pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you’d imagine. I’m interested in other people’s experiences and inconsistencies, and, though I can’t explain, I remember and use them for my own benefit.

Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time.

Consistency: It’s the jewel worth wearing; It’s the anchor worth weighing; It’s the thread worth weaving; It’s a battle worth winning.

Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing. That’s the Law of Consistency. It doesn’t matter how talented you are. It doesn’t matter how many opportunities you receive. If you want to grow, consistency is key.

We cannot consistently behave in a way that is inconsistent with our beliefs.