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"I became so frustrated with visiting inner-city schools (in America) that I just stopped going. The sense that you need to learn just isn't there. If you ask the kids what they want or need, they will say an iPod or some sneakers. In South Africa, they don't ask for money or toys. They ask for uniforms so they can go to school."
"Everything that has ever happened to you has happened for you. Not one thing that has happened is wasted... You were building strength and strength x strength = POWER."
"We create stress for ourselves because you feel like you have to do it. You have to. I don't feel that anymore"
"There's a wealth that has nothing to do with dollars, that comes from the perspective and wisdom of paying attention to your life."
"My response is that I love the church."
"In God, I move and breathe and have my being."
"Your soul tells you when it's time to move on."
"And how do you know when you're doing something right? How do you know that? It feels so. What I know now is that feelings are really your GPS system for life. When you're supposed to do something or not supposed to do something, your emotional guidance system lets you know. The trick is to learn to check your ego at the door and start checking your gut instead."
"Your life is a reflection of how you think"
"Remember, you are co-creating your life with the energy of your own intentions."
"That guy just cut right in front of me. But I'm not going to let it bother me. No. I'm on my way to work and I decided it doesn't matter who wants to cut in front of my lane today. I'm not going to let it bother me one bit. Once I get to work, find myself a parking space, if somebody wants to jump ahead of me and take it, I'm going to let them."
"Your gut is your inner compass. Whenever you have to consult with other people for an answer, you're headed in the wrong direction."
"The thrill is to keep envisioning what can be."
"Is it shocking that it's very difficult for a news organization to do news in America now? It's not shocking because we're a culture that doesn't want news. We want entertainment. We want info-tainment. That's why CNN is having problems."
"When you wake up in the morning looking for the light, the light will come."
"When I was going through menopause, I didn't sleep. I didn't sleep for two years and ended up blowing out my thyroid, and I became nonfunctional. It's difficult to remain fully present if I'm not getting enough sleep, so I work at getting enough."
"I pray to be used in service to a greater purpose higher than my own"
"One of the biggest mistakes humans make is to believe there is only one way. There are many diverse paths leading to what you call God."
"I don't go tanning anymore because Obama put a 10 percent tax on tanning. I feel like he did that intentionally for us, like McCain would never put a 10 percent tax on tanning because he's pale and he would probably wanna be tanned."
"Life is about growth and change. When you are no longer doing that — that is your whisper; that is your whisper that you are supposed to do something else."