“Usually life’s greatest gifts come wrapped in adversity.”

“I have wondered why it is that our greatest triumphs spring from our greatest extremity and adversity. Perhaps it is because we are so resistant to change, we only move when our seat becomes too hot to occupy.”

“Often times, the greatest peace comes of surrender.”

“My Dear Son,I am so very proud of you. Now, as you embark on a new journey, I'd like to share this one piece of advice. Always, always remember that - adversity is not a detour. It is part of the path.You will encounter obstacles. You will make mistakes. Be grateful for both. Your obstacles and mistakes will be your greatest teachers. And the only way to not make mistakes in this life is to do nothing, which is the biggest mistake of all. Your challenges, if you let them, will become your greatest allies. Mountains can crush or raise you, depending on which side of the mountain you choose to stand on. All history bears out that the great, those who have changed the world, have all suffered great challenges. And, more times than not it's precisely those challenges that, in God's time, lead to triumph.Abhor victimhood. Denounce entitlement. Neither are gifts, rather cages to damn the soul. Everyone who has walked this earth is a victim of injustice. Everyone.Most of all, do not be too quick to denounce your sufferings. The difficult road you are called to walk may, in fact be your only path to success.”

“In your hurry to keep Christmas, you have forgotten Christmas. The truest gift of Christmas is the gift of self.”

“The greatest shackles we bear in thislife are those forged by our own fears”

“I have found that the people who shout their opinion the loudest are usually the ones most insecure in their position.I don't think it is as much a human foible as it is a human curse that we cannot understand the beauty of a thing until it is gone.It's not that there wasn't anything to say. It's that there was too much and words were poor substitutes for our feelings.But Korczak's greatest legacy is not a public one, the massive stone mountain that he conquered, but the mountain he first conquered in himself-a mountain that he climbed alone-in this we can all empathize. (about the sculptor of Crazy Horse)”