If you feel lost, disappointed, hesitant, or weak, return to yourself, to who you are, here and now and when you get there, you will discover yourself, like a lotus flower in full bloom, even in a muddy pond, beautiful and strong.
Power isn’t control at all – power is strength, and giving that strength to others. A leader isn’t someone who forces others to make him stronger; a leader is someone willing to give his strength to others that they may have the strength to stand on their own.
We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.
We must try not to sink beneath our anguish, Harry, but battle on.
If you look up “charming” in the dictionary, you’ll see that it not only has references to strong attraction, but to spells and magic. Then again, what are liars if not great magicians?
Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.
If you build the guts to do something, anything, then you better save enough to face the consequences.
I am strong, but I am tired, Stephen, tired of always having to be the strong one, of always having to do the right thing.
If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all. And so today I still have a dream.
Ignore all hatred and criticism. Live for what you create, and die protecting it.
Poor is the man whose pleasure depends on the permission of another.
The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom.
Never compromise your values.
It’s hard at times, but it makes a kid strong in ways that most people can’t understand. Teaches them that even though people are left behind, new ones will inevitable take their place; that every place has something good – and bad – to offer. It makes a kid grow up fast.
It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.
When we feel weak, we drop our heads on the shoulders of others. Don’t get mad when someone does that. Be honored. For that person trusted you enough to, even if subtly, ask you for help.
There is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.
O, when she’s angry, she is keen and shrewd! She was a vixen when she went to school; And though she be but little, she is fierce.
Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgement that something is more important than fear; The brave may not live forever but the cautious do not live at all.