The longer you've known someone- the more history there is between you- the longer it will take to establish in their mind that you have truly changed. Remember, forgiveness is an altogether different thing from trust or respect. Forgiveness is about the past. Trust and respect are about the future. Forgiveness will be in the hands of others and cna be given to you, but trust and respect are in your own hands and must be earned.

There are no hopeless situations, sweetheart, only people who have grown hopeless about them. You still have choices you can make.

I had always been able to make people laugh in school, so I really developed that and worked on it and I got pretty good at it and it turned into a career.

A life filled with opportunities and encouragement finds more and more opportunities and encouragement, and success becomes inevitable.

Every good thing that has happened in your life happened because something changed.

Everybody wants to reach the top of the mountain, but there is no growth at the peak. It is in the valley that we slog through the lush grass and rich soil, learning and becoming what enables us to summit life's next peak.

When you know that everything matters—that every move counts as much as any other—you will begin living a life of permanent purpose.