“If you have the strength to stay, you have the power to leave”

“Never forget who you are or where you have come from while being found by others”

“Always remember who you are and where you have come from while in the process of being found by others”

“You cannot move forward if you are always thinking backwards”

“Never take the first brick out of the wall unless you know it is meant to fall”

“A new beginning is better than an old ending”

“We sometimes think of compassion as ‘kind intention.’ The Gospel writers meant more than that. The word actually means, ‘to have trembling bowels.’ In other words, biblical compassion is such a deep degree of care that it gnaws at your gut.”