The purpose of life is to listen - to yourself, to your neighbor, to your world and to God and, when the time comes, to respond in as helpful a way as you can find ... from within and without.

Development comes from within. Nature does not hurry but advances slowly.

I'm proud of you for the times you came in second, or third, or fourth, but what you did was the best you have ever done

Real strength has to do with helping others.

People have said, 'Don't cry' to other people for years and years, and all it has ever meant is, 'I'm too uncomfortable when you show your feelings. Don't cry.' I'd rather have them say, 'Go ahead and cry. I'm here to be with you.'

To say that you are being carried is a declaration of enormous faith and hope.

Mutual caring relationships require kindness and patience, tolerance, optimism, joy in the other's achievements, confidence in oneself, and the ability to give without undue thought of gain.