It takes work to become the person you were created to be. You're worth the work!

Don't let anyone or anything drown out that still small voice that says, "You were made for more.

Not being "okay, " is a gift. And inside that gift, is the strength to change and the courage to begin again.

You don't have to live with whatever life throws you--or whatever you've gotten yourself into...You can choose to Change Your Story!

I don't believe everything "is meant to be." I believe God wants to direct our steps, but our free will makes for a lot of detours.

Only when the seeker is lost, the truth is there. Seek, and you will miss. Seek not, and you will find. The very seeking becomes a barrier to truth, to the ultimate experience.

The Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die singing.

There is nothing wrong with listening. You can listen to people; you can hear people's concerns. You can keep an open mind and still be perfectly strong.

Determination can be a battle or a thrill. Choose to be thrilled.

Remember: it's not clutter; it's the evidence of life.

To face calamity with a mind as unclouded as may be, and quickly to react against it-that in a city and in an individual-is real strength.

Keep moving forward, don't listen to the naysayers, persevere, be persistent.

I do not know who I am, where I am going - and I am the one who has to decide the answers to these hideous questions.

You have to find a way to not become bitter and live within the parameters of the situation and laugh your way through it…and you hope for a better day for the next generation.

She knew now that marriage did not make love. Janie’s first dream was dead, so she became a woman.