#strength

"I never said I wanted a 'happy' life but an interesting one. From separation and loss, I have learned a lot. I have become strong and resilient, as is the case of almost every human being exposed to life and to the world. We don't even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward."

"To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind."

"You must give everything to make your life as beautiful as the dreams that dance in your imagination."

"Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently."

"Persistence. Perfection. Patience. Power. Prioritize your passion. It keeps you sane."

"God surely did not create us, and cause us to live, with the sole end of wishing always to die. I believe, in my heart, we were intended to prize life and enjoy it, so long as we retain it. Existence never was originally meant to be that useless, blank, pale, slow-trailing thing it often becomes to many, and is becoming to me, among the rest."

"I think that we are like stars. Something happens to burst us open; but when we burst open and think we are dying; we’re actually turning into a supernova. And then when we look at ourselves again, we see that we’re suddenly more beautiful than we ever were before!"

"Strength is the capacity to break a Hershey bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces."

"Perhaps by now I'd come far enough that I had the guts to be afraid."