Imagine the message that sent to my sister and me. A cousin violates us, confesses, and walks away with barely a slap on the wrist. I learned at a young age that if I was...

He was massive, a veritable Arnold Schwarzenegger of a cat, with a wide, handsome face and a proud, lionish expression.

Somehow, we’ll find it. The balance between whom we wish to be and whom we need to be. But for now, we simply have to be satisfied with who we are.

No matter who you are,no matter what you did,no matter where you’ve come from,You can always change,become a better version of yourself.

If we did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.

You did anything to bury me, but you forgot that I was a seed.

When you have inner peace and inner happinessYou will see the world as a peaceful place.

I wanted to know what it was like to be a drug addict, and have an eating disorder, and have a loved one die, and fall in love. I saw my friends going through these...

God’s joy can fill our days with gladness until we receive the answer we are waiting for.

You can and should stand up for who you are and what you represent, without fear or prejudice. You take the promises you have made to yourself and to others very seriously.

The library smells like old books — a thousand leather doorways into other worlds. I hear silence, like the mind of God. I feel a presence in the empty chair beside me. The librarian watches...

Start shaping your own day. Start walking your own walk. This journey is yours, take charge of it. Stop giving other people the power to shape your life.

You are my light! In my mind, in my heart, and in my eyes. If you’re not, then how can I see you?

Trust your heart’s feeling, accept it and be happy.

I was born into Bolívar’s labyrinth, and so I must believe in the hope of Rabelais’ Great Perhaps.

Elodin pointed down the street. “What color is that boy’s shirt?””Blue.””What do you mean by blue? Describe it.”I struggled for a moment, failed. “So blue is a name?””It is a word. Words are pale shadows...

The truth is we are all a mess! None is perfect and without sin. So, moving forward let’s stop acting like we are since we are not.

No key, no tool, no resource is more liberating than love.

Be the gardener of gratitude to grow flowers of happiness in your garden.

The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.

His heart cracked open and flooded all the space around it.

Take the road less traveled…there’s less traffic!!!

Do not define your success in the context of just one situation or challenge you are currently battling or pursuing.

I’d learned balance is internal; that there really wasn’t one set formula for how to live your life nor how to handle the wife-mother-businesswoman juggling act. Maybe it was just being tuned in to every...

A wise man lights a candle while fools are busy cursing the darkness

You’re not here just to make a living but for appreciating and expressing gratitude for the abundance and beauty of life that you are enjoying.

Joy and happiness derives not from receiving but from giving.

Failure fear people who pursue success, cause their bravery to become successful is far more than failure to understand.

Shrug off the no’s – they are temporary. This is your world. In your world there is only yes.

Stop underestimating your gifts and talents. Not everyone can do what comes naturally and intuitively to you.

Sometimes God allows what he hates to accomplish what he loves.

It’s such an amazing awakening to realize that nothing in this universe happens TO YOU, 100% happens FOR YOU.

I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.

The future of a country doesn’t depend on its wealth but on its education.

the greatest footprint one can ever leave on earth is the footprint of good deeds. Living to leave a great mark on the minds of people before leaving

Don’t you be thinking,’ she says, ‘on things that are done and can’t be changed. All right, dear girl? You think of the time to come.

There are so many people that use ‘following your dreams’ as an excuse to not work. When in reality, following your dreams, successfully, is nothing but work.

Sometimes I feel like it takes a whole army of people, circumstances, and Scriptures to restore my joy in the Lord, but God loves me enough to do it, and His resources are unlimited.

If you let all the bad thing in life stop you; You will never be there to see the good things in life

If you do not have a memory like an elephant, leave impressions like one.

Trust yourself first then everybody will follow.

See yourself in the mirror of your mind to find yourself.

A great measure of the real value of the things we have is how we feel when such things become scarce and absent in our lives

At times,trust is bound to be broken,promises are bound not to be kept,hearts are bound to be hurt,mistakes are bound to be make.You are also bound to meet a person at their worst in order...

Failure will teach you more wisdom than a great success.

God has given you the power to achieve great heights, the power to make a difference for your family and community and the power to realize your ambitions and dreams.

We as humans tend to overlook lesser beings and things, but we should instead come to love and respect them.

Kindness is a currency that can cover a multitude of interpersonal debts.

So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.

Luck comes and goes; you have to seize it. Bad luck comes and goes; it must be overcome. But I will never, never sit at the side of the road showing my wounds and shouting,...