“If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?”

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!

I sustain myself with the love of family.

Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.

When we find someone who is brave, fun, intelligent, and loving, we have to thank the universe.

I’ve learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you’ll miss them when they’re gone from your life.

I believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.

You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.

The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.

There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.

While one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.

It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.

I’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as ‘making a life’.

People living deeply have no fear of death.

My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite.

Don’t make your pain infamous.

A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.

You’re the one to set a new standard. You’re the one to defy the odds.

I restore myself when I’m alone.

If you’re still poor at 35, you deserve it.

There are no traffic jams when you go the extra mile.