The biggest mistake in helping undeserved kids is not raising the bar high enough. Children will believe if you believe in them.

What you're thinking, what you're saying, what you're doing, is having an impact on you and the people around you

She is the mother I never had, she is the sister everybody would want. She is the friend that everybody deserves. I don't know a better person.

Forgivness is letting go of the hope that the past can be changed

I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.

I do miss the people in the audience and the fun: "I came with my mother! And this is my mother!" I miss that. I miss: "My cousin and I came all the way from...." I miss that. I don't miss this - who is left to interview?

The older I get, the more centered I become and the more I think I really know about myself. What I know is that what other people do doesn't really have any effect on me.