When I looked at myself through the prism of awareness, great tears came as I connected with how this wounded child felt.

Making amends is not only saying the words but also being willing to listen to how your behavior caused another’s pain, and then the really hard part…changing behavior.

The more severe the dysfunction you experienced growing up, the more difficult boundaries are for you.

The greater the pain associated with love, the more likely a person is to be attracted to others who will inflict this pain…for isn’t this what love is? Hurt people tend to hurt other people.

It is one thing to know about your dysfunctional habits but quite another to change them.

If you are looking for love under rocks or bringing home water moccasins, you might be confusing love and pain.

Sitting on the hot seat of change requires much courage, patience, and persistence.

If we want to improve, first we have to recognize our own maladaptive coping skills, called codependency, then change.

Change will not successfully happen unless the emotional component is solved.

Putting labels on others creates a black hole of disregard where judgment thrives and schisms deepen.

Change is hard, difficult, painful, and often messy

Your present circumstances may seem limited, but you are never limited by your present circumstances.

In all, Nigeria belongs to us all and we have a personal responsibility to see that it succeeds

To arms! to arms! ye brave! The avenging sword unsheathe March on! march on! all hearts resolved On victory or death!

I enjoy heaven already in my soul. My prayers are all converted into praises.

I'm not a fast driver. I've seen what speed can do.

Now I got my foot - through the door - and I ain't goin' no where.

As a struggling actor, youre not looking for parts that define you; youre just looking for work.

[Peake's books] are actual additions to life; they give, like certain rare dreams, sensations we never had before, and enlarge our conception of the range of possible experience.

I believe a writer's most important skill lies in being able to see things from different perspectives.

Sometimes we have only ten minutes to be with the love of our life and thousands of hours to spend thinking about them.