“You can’t put feathers on a dog and call it a chicken!”

If you continue to do what you’ve always done, you will continue to have what you’ve always had.

Forgiveness of those who have transgressed against you, or those you love, is not about them; it is about you. It is a gift to yourself.

Hey, dummy, you might want to take the time and learn to fly before you do this again!

All begins with you surrounding yourself with the right people—the good and authentic people—and unsurrounding yourself with the wrong people. And we both know there are plenty of wrong people in this world.

It is just good practice to do a situational scan and have situational awareness when you are out in the world.

If we were all just alike, one of us wouldn’t be necessary.

You must learn that you do not have to be angry just because you have the right to be.

If emotional pain or problems have cropped up in your life, you must insist on getting closure. Closure means you don’t carry the problem or the pain. You address the issue, then you slam shut the book and put it away.

Take the high road, there’s a lot less traffic up there.

When you allow a person’s words to upset you, you’re giving away your power.

Sometimes you win and sometimes you learn.

We all have a social mask, right? We put it on, we go out, put our best foot forward, our best image. But behind that social mask is a personal truth, what we really, really believe about who we are and what we’re capable of.

Learn when’s a good time to shut up

I’ve never eaten a taco, and I don’t plan to.

Self-acceptance was the foundation of the happiest time in your life and it was the engine that powered the train.

Can’t change what you don’t acknowledge.