A fruit salad is delicious precisely because each fruit maintains its own flavor.

Being gentle means forgiving yourself when you mess up. We should learn from our mistakes, but we shouldn't beat the tar out of ourselves over them. The past is just that, past. Learn what went wrong and why. Make amends if you need to. Then drop it and move on.

Education must be a lifelong pursuit. The person who doesn't read is not better off than the person who can't.

Instead of trying to blend in and be like everyone else, be proud of and celebrate your unique differences and qualities. A fruit salad is delicious precisely because each fruit maintains its own flavor.

Don't let your pride or a lack of courage stand in the way of saying you're sorry to people you may have offended.

We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.

Depending on what they are, our habits will either make us or break us. We become what we repeatedly do.