"Your life is an occasion. Rise to it."

"Challenge and adversity are meant to help you know who you are. Storms hit your weakness, but unlock your true strength."

"Some things cannot be taught"

"Do not let the roles you play in life make you forget who you are."

"Gratitude builds a bridge to abundance."

"If you don't know who you truly are, you'll never know what you really want."

"What you stay focused on will grow."

"Good people see the good and bring out the best in other people."

"Don't wait for the right moment to start, start and make each moment right."

"It doesn’t matter how many times you get knocked down. All that matters is you get up one more time than you were knocked down."

"Life gives us choices. You either grab on with both hands and just go for it, or you sit on the sidelines."

"Every woman that finally figured out her worth, has picked up her suitcases of pride and boarded a flight to freedom, which landed in the valley of change."

"Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash."

"Good things happen in your life when you surround yourself with positive people."

"Don’t wait for things to happen. Make them happen."

"You don’t have to like someone, but you have to treat them as you wish to be treated."

"Failure is a bend in the road, not the end of the road. Learn from failure and keep moving forward."

"Integrity is doing the right thing when nobody's watching, and doing as you say you would do."

"Never let hard lessons harden your heart; the hard lessons of life are meant to make you better, not bitter."

"Life, with its rules, its obligations, and its freedoms, is like a sonnet: You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. - Mrs. Whatsit"

"Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs"

"Count your blessings, not your problems. Count your own blessings, not someone else's. Remember that jealousy is when you count someone else's blessings instead of your own."