Rasheed Ogunlaru

“Gratitude is the best food and fuel to start the day for you. Have some at lunchtime and again at dinner too. It will energise and sustain you - the whole day through. But it will also leave you room, power and the thirst to do what you need to do and contribute.”

“Know your magic, trust your magic, use your magic and know that you are a manifestation of life's magic.”

“The best way to look back at life fondly is to meet it - and those along your journey - warmly, kindly and mindfully”

“Peace of mind arrives the moment you come to peace with the contents of your mind.”

“Any fool can break something, criticise someone and tear things apart. It takes a far more skilled, wise and kind soul to build something, nurture someone, fix things and help others thrive over time.”

“The only way to change someone's mind is to connect with them from the heart.”

“Love is the only answer to every question”

“By simple mathematics giving is key to the world you seek to live in. If I take I alone gain. If I give or share then two at least are enriched.”

“Shifting perspective(s) and being proactive are essential to your our life paths, progress and possibilities: "Just because a door appears closed it does not mean that it is locked - nor that it will not open with the right heart, call or touch”

“Many think that the mark of a great champion is the nature and margin of their victories and the peaks they scale and reach. That’s only part of it. The mark of the greatest of champions is how they react and respond to defeat. That is when they become enshrined in our hearts and minds – as they rise again and into the immortal pages of history.”

“Always let your talent do the talking. Never your tantrums.”

“There's a difference between disclosing that which is only your business and hiding away from the world and not seeing, shining and sharing your magic.”

“Before you chase success, status, power, wealth fame or love; first fall in love with yourself - for the person you'll be if and when you get there is still the same. Success will be a painful path and an empty trophy without self acceptance, self worth or if littered with self hate.”

“I am not sure that you can be taught how to love. In many ways it is innate - just watch and see what small child effortlessly does. But you can be invited to it and reminded of it.”

“Don't be sidetracked by one setback along a path of gifts and blessings”

“Sharpen and trust your judgement: learn when spending is a shrewd investment and when it is merely an indulgence”

“All the tools, techniques and technology in the world are nothing without the head, heart and hands to use them wisely, kindly and mindfully”

“Our life stories are at one and the same time reality, fallacy and fantasy...”

“A Star is always a star no matter what stage they are on or at”

“There's no beauty without difference and diversity. Love unconditionally.”