Never forget the nine most important words of any family- I love you. You are beautiful. Please forgive me.

Loosen up. Relax. Except for rare life-and-death matters, nothing is as important as it first seems.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

Spend your life lifting people up, not putting them down.

Swallowing angry words before you say them is better than having to eat them afterwards.

I've learned... . That being kind is more important than being right.

Ask yourself if you would feel comfortable giving your two best friends a key to your house. If not, look for some new best friends.