Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.
Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass but learning to dance in the rain.
The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.
It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.
I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.
Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
The moment you give up is the moment you let someone else win.