“It's funny how the ugly duckling always has so many beautiful things to teach us.”

“Take time for the clearance of the mind, preparing for adherence to perseverance for the journey of another thousand miles.”

“You must befriend a few skeletons before you'll find your deepest self.”

“Nurtured by negative circumstances, braiding raging tornadoes in her hair, she held her head high, wearing her weathered poetry with pride.”

“i love watching what you become when life thinks it has you cornered.”

“A daily dosage of positive energy so corrosive that it wears out every negative doubt as the gap between the dream & reality closes.”

“Some days punch us in the gut so hard it seems we can feel the whole universe gasp with despair.”

“We feel the most balance when we're not dividing ourselves on other people's scales.”

“When the doors begin to close, the mind begins to open.”

“Outer gavels can't crush you when your inner judge is love.”

“Sometimes the only way to gain someones favor is to stop giving them yours.”