“I see myself as mom first. I’m so lucky to have that role in life. The world can like me, hate me or fall apart around me and at least I wake up with my kids and I’m happy.”
"If you don’t get out of the box you’ve been raised in, you won’t understand how much bigger the world is."
- Angelina Jolie
Awareness
"I have lived over a decade now without a mom. She met only a few of her grandchildren and was often too sick to play with them. My mother fought the disease for a decade and made it into her 50s. My grandmother died in her 40s. I'm hoping my choices allow me to live a bit longer."
- Angelina Jolie
Awareness
"Sometimes, when I want to take on the world, I try to remember that it’s just as important to sit down and ask my son how he’s feeling or talk to him about life."
- Angelina Jolie
Compassion
"I think our scars remind us of what we have overcome. They are part of what makes each of us unique. That diversity is one of the things that is most beautiful about human existence."
- Angelina Jolie
Transformation
"Figure out who are you separate from your family, and the man or woman you’re in a relationship with. Find who you are in this world and what you need to feel good alone. I think that’s the most important thing in life. Find a sense of self. With that, you can do anything else."
- Angelina Jolie
Self-awareness
"Don’t look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance."
- Anne Lamott
Joy
"Tuesdays are for chasing rainbows and dancing in the rain."
Joy
"You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness."
Joy
"Taste and see how good the Lord is! The one who takes refuge in him is truly happy!"
Joy
"The joy of brightening other lives becomes for us the magic of the holidays."
- W. C. Jones
Joy