“Listening is such a simple act. It requires us to be present, and that takes practice, but we don't have to do anything else. We don't have to advise, or coach, or sound wise. We just have to be willing to sit there and listen.”

“Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.”

“Each day when I awake I know I have one more day to make a difference in someone's life.”

“Your vocation in life is where your greatest joy meets the world's greatest need.”

“We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.”

“Let me not hurt, by any selfish deed, Or thoughtless word, the heart of foe or friend; Nor would I pass, unseeing, worthy need, Or sin by silence when I should defend... 'The world is better that I lived to-day.'”

“One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.”

“A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.”

“If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.”

“Compassion is the ultimate and most meaningful embodiment of emotional maturity. It is through compassion that a person achieves the highest peak and deepest reach in his or her search for self-fulfillment.”

“Giving connects two people, the giver and the receiver, and this connection gives birth to a new sense of belonging.”

“Compassion is the desire that moves the individual self to widen the scope of its self-concern to embrace the whole of the universal self.”

“Don't worry so much about your self- esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.”

“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”

“A person is not given integrity. It results from the relentless pursuit of honesty at all times.”

“Dare to be true: nothing can need a lie: A fault, which needs it most, grows two thereby.”

“Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go.”

“Remember, there are no mistakes, only lessons. Love yourself, trust your choices, and everything is possible.”

“Follow your heart, but be quiet for a while first. Ask questions, then feel the answer. Learn to trust your heart.”

“Peace is not something you wish for; It's something you make, Something you do, Something you are, And something you give away.”

“We shall find peace. We shall hear angels. We shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.”

“This is the way of peace: Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with love.”

“If I have been of service, if I have glimpsed more of the nature and essence of ultimate good, if I am inspired to reach wider horizons of thought and action, if I am at peace with myself, it has been a successful day.”

“Goals. There's not telling what you can do when you get inspired by them. There's no telling what you can do when you believe in them. There's no telling what will happen when you act upon them.”

“To do something, however small, to make others happier and better, is the highest ambition, the most elevating hope, which can inspire a human being.”

“We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have a goal. My goal is to live my life in such a way that when I die, someone can say, she cared.”

“A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive.”

“Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.”

“The most important key to achieving great success is to decide upon your goal and launch, get started, take action, move.”

“You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing... By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven knows anyone's life can stand a little of that.”

“I believe that friends are quiet angels who sit on our shoulders and lift our wings when we forget how to fly.”

“Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.”

“Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.”