"The only thing that can free you is the belief that you can be free."
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"Don't wait for someone else to complete you. 'Jerry Maguire' was just a movie."
"What I know is, if you do work that you love, and work that fulfills you, the rest will come. I truly believe the reason I've been so financially successful is because my focus has never been on the money."
"Every one of us gets through the tough times because somebody is there, standing in the gap to close it for us."
"No matter who you are, no matter what your culture is, it is absolutely possible to look out and extend yourself in such a way, that you can connect to other people and find that we are more alike than we are different."
"You are built not to shrink down to less but to blossom into more."
"You want to be in the driver’s seat of your own life because if you are not, life will drive you."
"The roles we play in each other's lives are only as powerful as the trust and connection between us--the protection, safety, and caring we are willing to share."
"I will just create, and if it works, it works, and if it doesn't, I'll create something else. I don't have any limitations on what I think I could do or be."
"Education is the way to move mountains, to build bridges, to change the world. Education is the path to the future. I believe that education is indeed freedom."
"All life is energy and we are transmitting it at every moment. We are all little beaming little signals like radio frequencies, and the world is responding in kind."
"The struggle of my life created empathy... I could relate to pain... being abandoned... having people not love me."
"I want every day to be a fresh start on expanding what is possible."
"Allowing the truth of who you are-your spiritual self-to rule your life means you stop the struggle and learn to move with the flow of your life."
"Your mistake does not define who you are...you are your possibilities."
"Meditate. Breathe consciously. Listen. Pay attention. Treasure every moment. Make the connection."
"When you learn to say thank you, you see the world anew."
"Live from the heart of yourself"
"I urge you to pursue preserving your personal history to allow your children and grandchildren to know who you were as a child and what your hopes and dreams were."
"I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I've become. If I had, I'd have done it a lot earlier."