“And maybe what growing up really means is knowing that you don’t have to just be a character, going whichever way the story says, it’s knowing that you could be the autor instead.”

“When you don’t feel loved, you will settle for feeling needed. The source of love is within you. Let it blossom. With every breath, you have everything you need.”

“Remember no one really cares what you look like. They care what they look like. You are the only person in the world to have worried about your face.”

“يلزمك أن تُقدر قيمة حياتك ، وتستشعر هدف وجودك على سطح هذه الحياة ، كي تكون رقما صعبا فيها”

“The secret to your purpose is to find what you feel is important, and not pursue what others would think is important. When you think highly of yourself, me thinking highly of you will never be enough!”

“I’ll rather believe in myself and fail in my originality than succeed as an intellectual copycat. I see such failure as a knockdown and not a knockout. It’s in me to equip my life with meaning and momentum.”

“Your beliefs can be a prison system you’ve created for yourself. But the door is not locked. You can come out of that.”

“Transformation is not five minutes from now; it’s a present activity. In this moment you can make a different choice, and it’s these small choices and successes that build up over time to help cultivate a healthy self-image and self esteem.”

“What you think of yourself in your mind is nobody’s business. Make it count.”

“Your leadership ability is determined by their leadership gap.”

“Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.”

“Learn to accept everything about yourself, even the part of yourself that struggles to accept everything about yourself”

“Today… Color embraces you. It wakes you up and keeps you present. Be proud to wear the color that you call your own.”

“I mostly want to remind her of the recipes of healing, and give her my own made-on-the spot remedy for the easing of her pain. I tell her, “Get a pen. Stop crying so you can write this down and start working on it tonight.” My remedy is long. But the last item on the list says: “When you wake up and find yourself living someplace where there is nobody you love and trust, no community, it is time to leave town – to pack up and go (you can even go tonight). And where you need to go is any place where there are arms that can hold you, that will not let you go.”