Do not allow another person's opinion about the work you want to do be more important than your own opinion about the work you want to do. 

Keep doing the work. Keep putting in the energy. Do what you think you should do, how you think you should do it and when you think you should do it. In the end, your preparation will meet the moment and things will ignite from thereon.

The strong person is one who doesn't allow what others did to them affect who they are. According to Bishop Desmond Tutu in the Book of Joy, 'to deal with hardship without becoming hard'.

Why are you constantly putting yourself in situations that don't honour you? You deserve to the best. You deserve to be treated with respect.

Happiness exists. And there are people who live their lives daily with so much happiness. Living a happy life doesn't have to be your goal, but it can be.

Accountability is saying to yourself; I could have done better, I should have done better, I will do better. Don't blame yourself by saying you're a failure.

If we; leaders, parents, bosses, teachers, keep lying to others about how perfect our lives are, then we make it extremely difficult for others to recover from their mistakes when they make them.

Love is a gift to be received with gratitude by those who have it, to be awaited with grace and a smile by those who haven't received it, and to warm the heart with memories by those who have lost it. To only have experienced true love only briefly is still a gift as priceless as the sun.

When it's time to make a choice about your life, it is important not to choose something because it will make you more money, choose based on what suits the kind of life you want to live as a human being.

The Buddhists talk about 'right perspective'. They say that no matter what is going on in your life if you can think of the right way to process it, it can make a whole lot of difference in your life.