Nothing beats having a genuine compassion for human souls. If there is one thing I know, it's that people want to be acknowledged; they want to be heard; and above all, they want to be appreciated.

Everywhere you go, take a smile with you.

A true friend will tell you the truth to your face - not behind your back.

When you love people and have the desire to make a profound, positive impact upon the world, then will you have accomplished the meaning to live.

I love inspiring people, and if I can make a difference in one person's life, then that's success for me!

To believe in yourself and to follow your dreams, to have goals in life and a drive to succeed, and to surround yourself with the things and the people that make you happy. This is success!

Too many people go through life waiting for things to happen instead of making them happen!

Jealousy is the result of one's lack of self-confidence, self-worth, and self-acceptance.

We can teach from our experience, but we cannot teach experience.

Life is a gift. Never take it for granted.

A change in attitude can change your life!.

The grip of her eyes is so hard that he can barely breathe. She entices him to crash into her and explore her depths. But he is already soaked in different waters.

I guess they're called moments because they don't last very long.

I have learned to kiss the waves that throw me up against the Rock of Ages.

A lot of folks that ain't saying 'ain't,' ain't eating.

Although your mind works, your heart is darkened with depravity; and without a pure heart there can be no complete and true consciousness

Since our economy is closely allied with that of foreign countries, not one of us can be indifferent to what consequences these disturbances can have at home and abroad

Be peace, don't just talk about it.

Never revisit the past, that's dangerous. You know, move on.

I drove a bus down Sunset Boulevard once, and I didn't kill anyone.

Who would not spout the family teapot in order to talk with Keats for an hour about poetry, or with Jane Austen about the art of fiction?