... there is nothing stronger than a woman who has beaten her way back from being beaten down in the first place.

The only power worth a snot is the power to get up after you fall down.

I did it by myself, but I didn't do it alone.

Our inner fire is the spark of hope that drives us through even the darkest times. Do not be so quick to dismiss it.

There was an art to living, and sometimes it required the inexorable, relentless resolve just to keep plowing forward, one step at a time, no matter what the hell it was you were doing.

John is a person of strength. He knows who he is. He's a very religious person. He's been through some crises in his own life...and marshaled his strength to go on.