“Showing Respect Is not Slavery...and Must Be Taught”

“A journey may be long or short, but it must start at the very spot one finds oneself.”

“If we are not allowed to deal with small problems, we will be destroyed by slightly larger ones. When we come to understand this, we live our lives not avoiding problems, but welcoming them them as challenges that will strengthen us so that we can be victorious in the future.”

“... sometimes in life, you either laugh or you cry. And I prefer to laugh.”

“You don't begin to live, until you've lost everything... I've lost everything three or four times. A perfect place to start.”

“The only way to truly get more out of life for yourself is to give part of yourself away.”

“In the end, a person is only known by the impact he or she has on others.”