Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant. - Maya Angelou

Believe people when they tell you who they are. They know themselves better than you.

While one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.

If I could give you one thought, it would be to lift someone up. Lift a stranger up — lift her up. I would ask you, mother and father, brother and sister, lovers, mother and daughter, father and son, lift someone. The very idea of lifting someone up will lift you, as well.