You can't be much good to others, if you're no good to yourself.

Words, and faith, will only take you as far as your actions allow.

Stop giving the best part of you to those unworthy of that gift.

Don't let life's challenges discourage you. Some things are just out of your control. Make it work for you! The most painful lessons of the past can teach you how to survive in the present .

Never let fear of short term heartache interfere with your long term happiness.

If you truly love who you are other's opinions won’t even matter.

If you have the desire, passion and enthusiasm to do something, nothing in the world will stop you.

Don't spend so much time chasing your future that you run over your present.

Once I had been introduced to depression, I realized if I wanted to help my friend and preserve our friendship, I needed to understand what the illness was all about.

Don’t hate on someone whose hard work placed them on the road to success, while your envy and ill-intent put you on a path toward failure.

From the moment I could even understand what “respect” was I knew it was not a choice but the ONLY option.

it is a higher glory... to stay war itself with a word, than to slay men with the sword, and to procure or maintain peace by peace, not by war.

Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.

So much beauty and joy in my life has come from going through something really difficult

All upright Germans will be National Socialists, but only the best National Socialists will be party members!

As long as you're willing to be called a fool, you can create anything, do anything, be anything.

Live in rooms full of light.

I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offense. ... Everyone who contributes to the 'too much' of literature is doing grave social injury.

On a good team there are no superstars. There are great players who show they are great players by being able to play with others as a team.

A deadness occurs in relationships when people are no longer willing to tell each other how they really feel.

So I started home schooling. I was a little freaked out about that, because I' m such a social person, involved in everything. It was awesome. I loved it and I loved being home.