You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody. - Maya Angelou

"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style."

"Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud."

"Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option."

"Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life."

"I thank God I'm myself and for the life I'm given to live and for friends and lovers and beloveds, and I thank God for knowing that all those people have already paid for me."