“It's not about perfect. It's about effort. And when you bring that effort every single day, that's where transformation happens. That's how change occurs.”— Jillian Michaels, books.google.com
“My past has not defined me, destroyed me, deterred me, or defeated me; it has only strengthened me.”— Steve Maraboli, Dr. Steve Maraboli, amazon.com
“There seems to be a massive misunderstanding in the world right now about weakness and strength. We've somehow gotten to the point that many think compassion is a sign of weakness, and ruthlessness a sign of strength. It makes me a little bit sick. Compassion is the ultimate expression of strength.…”— Hank Green, facebook.com
“She taught me all about real sacrifice. That it should be done from love... That it should be done from necessity, not without exhausting all other options. That it should be done for people who need your strength because they don't have enough of their own.”— Veronica Roth, amazon.com
“She may lose the love of another, but it never breaks her, for it is her own self-love that fuels and strengthens her regardless of what man comes or goes.”— G.L. Lambert, amazon.com
“It was Leslie who had taken him from the cow pasture into Terabithia and turned him into a king. He had thought that was it. Wasn't king the best you could be? Now it occurred to him that perhaps Terabithia was like a castle where you came to be knighted. After you stayed for a while and grew strong…”— Katherine Paterson, amazon.com
“It was up to him to pay back to the world in beauty and caring what Leslie had loaned him in vision and strength.”— Katherine Paterson, amazon.com
“I learned compassion from being discriminated against. Everything bad that’s ever happened to me has taught me compassion.”— Ellen Degeneres, quotes.lifehack.org
“You have trust in what you think. If you splinter yourself and try to please everyone, you can’t.”— Annie Leibovitz, fastcocreate.com
“Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.”— Brené Brown, amazon.com
“When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.”— Audre Lorde, quotes-friendship.com
“Take criticism seriously, but not personally. If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from it. Otherwise, let it roll right off you.”— Hillary Clinton, amazon.com
“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.”— Ayn Rand, huffingtonpost.com
“A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done.”— Marge Piercy, brainyquote.com
“Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.”— Oprah Winfrey, amazon.com
“It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.”— Madeleine Albright, feminist.com
“One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don’t know how to do, to keep learning.”— Ruth Reichl, hbr.org