Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.
Even in a bad situation, there’s always a positive side. Even if you can’t see it yet.
The empowered woman is powerful beyond measure and beautiful beyond description.
Faith is to fear nothing, to stand unswayed, the power to surmount any obstacle.
You will pass through storms and heavy rains, and at times you will suffer defeat. The essence of the creative life, however, is not to give up in the face of defeat but to follow the rainbow that exists within your heart.
Come on obstacles! I’ve been expecting you! This is the chance that I’ve been waiting for!
Leaders must be tough enough to fight, tender enough to cry, human enough to make mistakes, humble enough to admit them, strong enough to absorb the pain, and resilient enough to bounce back and keep on moving.
Hard times always lead to something great.
A man can fall many times in life, but he’s never a failure until he refuses to get back up.
Above all, don’t fear difficult moments. The best comes from them.
Defeat doesn’t finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he’s defeated. He’s finished when he quits.
As long as there’s life, there’s hope.
But just because it burns doesn’t mean you’re gonna die. You’ve gotta get up and try, try, try.
Every person falls down at some point. Successful people choose to get back up!
The secret is contained in a three-part formula I learned in the gym: self confidence, a positive mental attitude, and honest hard work.
By endurance we conquer.
I do not limit God by seeing limitation in myself. With God and myself all things are possible.
A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.
What doesn’t kill me, can only make me stronger.
Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger.