"When you live with an open heart, unexpected, joyful things happen"
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"I think I do speak to all ages, but the emphasis is, unlike everybody else who is chasing the Millennials, I'm not chasing the Millennials."
"You will find true success and happiness if you have only one goal, there really is only one, and that is this: to fulfill the highest most truthful expression of yourself as a human being. You want to max out your humanity by using your energy to lift yourself up, your family and the people around you. Theologian Howard Thurman said it best. He said, “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”"
"You can't do it all yourself. Don't be afraid to rely on others to help you accomplish your goals."
"The next road is always ahead."
"Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different, it's accepting the past for what it was, and using this moment and this time to help yourself move forward."
"Purpose is the thread that connects the dots to everything you do that leads you to an extraordinary life."
"It's all about dreams. If I had to attribute my success in life to any one thing it is this. I believed in my dreams, even when no one else did."
"The greatest lesson of life is that you are responsible for your life."
"The happiness you feel is in direct proportion to the love you give."
"One if the hardest things in life to learn are which bridges to cross and which bridges to burn."
"I'm finally ready to own my own power, to say, "This is who I am." If you like it, you like it. And if you don't like it, you don't. So watch out; I'm gonna fly."
"There is a seeded bread that I bring from South Africa. I bring home 10, 20 loaves. I am so bad with this bread. I've literally been in hotels and brought my own: "Please, can you toast this? I have my own bread." They're like, "You have your own bread?" And I'll pull it out!"
"Connect. Embrace. Liberate. Love somebody. Just one person. And then spread that to two. And as many as you can. You'll see the difference it makes."
"Life is full of many unpredictable changes... Let go of chaos yesterday; cheerfully live for today, and look forward to tomorrow with greater possibilities... It's our imperfections that make us perfect in our own unique ways"
"Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism."
"I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life."
"It's much easier for me to make major life, multi-million dollar decisions, than it is to decide on a carpet for my front porch. That's the truth."
"Step through new doors. The majority of the time there's something fantastic on the other side."
"If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with the spirit."