always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you'll have to eat them, you can swallow it well.

You cannot wait for someone to save you, to help you, to complete you. No one can complete you. You complete yourself.

What stands out to me most about Maya Angelou is not what she has done or written or spoken; it's how she lived her life. She moved through the world with unshakable calm, confidence and a fierce grace.

What I know for sure is this: You are built not to shrink down to less, but to blossom into more. To be more extraordinary. To use every moment to fill yourself up.

When you're doing the work you're meant to do, it feels right and every day is a bonus, regardless of what you're getting paid.

Joy is a sustained sense of well-being and internal peace - a connection to what matters.

There is a lesson in almost everything that you do, and getting the lesson is how you move forward. It is how you enrich your spirit.