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“Spend more time with people who bring out the best in you, not the stress in you.”

My uncle named his dogs Rolex and Timex.

Always trust your first gut instincts. If you genuinely feel in your heart and soul that something is wrong, it usually is.

Don’t do something permanently stupid just because you’re temporarily upset.

I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.

I firmly believe in small gestures: pay for their coffee, hold the door for strangers, over tip, smile or try to be kind even when you don’t feel like it, pay compliments, chase the kid’s runaway ball down the sidewalk and throw it back to him, try to be larger than you are— particularly when it’s difficult. People do notice, people appreciate. I appreciate it when it’s done to (for) me. Small gestures can be an effort, or actually go against our grain (“I’m not a big one for paying compliments…”), but the irony is that almost every time you make them, you feel better about yourself.