“The 7 Steps to Transformation:1. Dream it.2. Envision it.3. Think it.4. Grow it.5. Become it.6. Live it.7. OWN it.”

“I hate that for a season, no had to be the answer to almost everything. But over time, when you rebuild a life that’s the right size and dimension and weight, full of the things you’re called to, emptied of the rest, then you do get to live some yes again. But for a while, no is what gets you there.”

“What do you care if people talk? Those who talk cannot harm you. Why should you be worried? You should only think about those things that please you. You have only one life in this world: soon you’ll reach your eternal rest.”

“Stand for something. Make your life mean something. Start where you are with what you have. You are enough.”

“My first thought in the morning is, thank you for another day”

“Today if anything is trying to hold you back, give no attention to it. Get your hopes up, get your faith up, look up, and get ready to rise up.”

“You have the freedom and the ability to decide what to do with your life, and that includes learning how to welcome happiness again. It’s a conscious choice we each have to make, to emerge from the embers of profound loss and hopelessness, to become the fire that warms us, lights our path, all of it. We can embody that warmth and light.”

“You are your first resource, so make the most out of learning and networking.”

“Be your best self, work your whole life on it. And when you die, you leave the best version of yourself behind.”