The only thing that can free you is the belief that you can be free.

Right now you are one choice away from a new beginning - one that leads you toward becoming the fullest human being you can be.

What I know for sure is this: The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal for this year is, you can get there - as long as you're willing to be honest with yourself about the preparation and work involved. There are no back doors, no free rides. There's just you, this moment, and a choice.

When you make loving others the story of your life, there's never a final chapter, because the legacy continues. You lend your light to one person, and he or she shines it on another and another and another.

I would say my faith has become strengthened every time I have faced what I considered to be a trial, and there is no greater trial than being 14 and pregnant and not even knowing what it is.

You teach people how to treat you.

A gift isn't a gift unless it has meaning. Just giving things to people, especially children, create the expectation of more things.