True self-esteem is realizing that you are valuable because you were born. No matter where you came from, what color your skin is, what people say about your family or what mean things people may have done to you, because you were born, you are important and you matter.

I couldn't kill myself. I would be afraid the minute I did it; something really good would happen and I'd miss it.

No matter who you are, no matter what your culture is, it is absolutely possible to look out and extend yourself in such a way, that you can connect to other people and find that we are more alike than we are different.

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

Tune out the naysayers, tune into your own courage, and take a bold step toward the passion-filled life you really want.

When you don't know what to do, get still. The answer will come.

If you feel incomplete, you alone must fill yourself with love in all your empty shattered spaces