“ You know," Marion said, "I met a woman once when I was a teenager. I knew she had gone through a lot but she was so strong, so compassionate. I asked her how she could be the way she was, and you know… Erica Bauermeister
“ It's easy to point out other people flaws, but it takes TRUE courage and strength take a look in the mirror, admit personal flaws AND strive to do and be better. That's growth! Yvonne Pierre
“ But the healing place is within you. Healing is a gift you were granted at birth, just as you were granted others. Use your gifts, child. Use the beauty, the courage, the hope and the love that is in… Charlene Costanzo
“ No matter who we are, where we live, what we look like, the circumstances of our birth or the situations we face; each of us has gifts within us. Strength, beauty, courage, compassion, hope, joy, tale… Charlene Costanzo
“ I wish I would have been there for you.” He finally found his voice. “I wish I would have been there to beat up all the children who bullied you, to shoot your father dead the first time he broke one… Carla Cassidy
“ The woman looked out at the madness of the world and dared to hope. Her eyes were burning coals of stars. Rivera Sun
“ We have the greatest power through love that can be known. It overcomes everything with its fierce and steady truth, if you can continue to stand in it.You can call love to you, directly from the orig… Jay Woodman
“ My strength was returning as we went on. It occurred to me then that it was in times of struggle that I found the best parts of myself-courage, loyalty, an unexpected peace- and I always discovered wh… Patrick Carman
“ The greatest battle you must undertake, the foremost battle you must wage, the most important battle that there is, is the battle of courage versus fear – and there can be only one victor – that victo… Kevin Michel
“ If you want your prayers answered, you get off your knees and do the one thing you’re praying someone else will do for you. Shannon L. Alder
“ Family’s the luck of the draw, Lena. What you make of yourself, because of or despite it, that’s where the spine and heart come in. Nora Roberts
“ It is one thing to be brave in front of others, perhaps for fear of being branded a coward and becoming diminished in their eyes, but another entirely to be brave when there is nobody to witness your… John Connolly
“ It's her ability as an artist to see possibility where others see a blank page and, by extension, to see victory where others see certain defeat that truly empowers her... Sarah Cross
“ If you take a hard look at the people in your life, you may be blown away by how many explorers and survivalists surround you. Everyday, I'm amazed by the number of people I meet, who have climbed Mt.… José N. Harris
“ You can cower,” she told them in a clear voice, wrapping her long shaking fingers around the cold iron bars. “But I will stand. Gwenn Wright
