We're all called. If you're here breathing, you have a contribution to make.

Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.

Real success means creating a life of meaning through service that fulfills your reason for being here.

I didn't want to say "No" because I didn't want people to think I'm not nice. And that, to me, has been the greatest lesson of my life: to recognize that I am solely responsible for it, and not trying to please other people, and not living my life to please other people, but doing what my heart says all the time.

You've got to follow your passion. You've got to figure out what it is you love--who you really are. And have the courage to do that. I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams.

I make sure to use my life for that which can be of goodwill. It has fortified me spiritually and emotionally

Failing is another stepping-stone to greatness.