Our barriers to love are rarely consciously chosen. They are our efforts to protect the places where the heart is bruised.

There is no peace without forgiveness.

Beauty is an internal light, a spiritual radiance that all women have, but most women hide - unconsciously denying its existence. What we do not claim, remains invisible.

The purpose of prayer is the alignment of the mind with the thoughts and the will of God.

Envision possibility. Don't worry who else believes in it; the universe is only looking for instructions from you.

Fuzzy thinking is, after all, just one step above not thinking at all. But to take the ideas of serious transformational thinkers and philosophers and throw the "new age" label at them is also abhorrent.

We have great power to affect the attitudes and behavior of the people around us, at work and at home. We have the power to set a tone of honor, to create an energy around ourselves that says, 'I respect myself. I respect you. Let's respect each other.'