Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

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Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes.

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Try to be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud. — Maya Angelou

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The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. - Oprah Winfrey

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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. — Calvin Coolidge

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The soul is awakened through service.

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You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them. - Shonda Rhimes

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You keep running after the love of the people, but you’ll never get it. And what you do get, will never be enough. The hole inside you is too big. You see, it was made by God, for God. How could anything less fill it?

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Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny. - Mahatma Gandhi

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Sometimes, carrying on, just carrying on, is the superhuman achievement.

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