“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.” Haruki Murakami

"You've got to be willing to lose everything to gain yourself." Iyanla Vanzant

"The inward journey is about finding your own fullness, something that no one else can take away." Deepak Chopra

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” Dale Carnegie

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”—Confucius

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Tough times never last, but tough people do." Robert H. Schuller

“There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is merely the comparison of one state to the other. Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.” Alexandre Dumas

“We must meet the challenge rather than wish it were not before us.” William J. Brennan, Jr.

“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” Joshua J. Marine