“Responsibility is not inherited, it is a choice that everyone needs to make at some point in their life.”

Respect is not something that you can ask for, buy or borrow. Respect is what you earn from each person no matter their background or status.

Bold is not the act of foolishness but the attribute and inner strength to act when others will not so as to move forward not backward.

To give hope to someone occurs when you teach them how to use the tools to do it for themselves.

Strength to carry on despite the odds means you have faith in your own abilities and know how.

You can't trust without risk but neither can you live in a cocoon.

Adversity isn't set against you to fail; adversity is a way to build your character so that you can succeed over and over again through perseverance.

Experience can only be gained by doing not by thinking or dreaming.

Someone is special only if you tell them.