“You do what you can for as long as you can, and when you finally can’t, you do the next best thing. You back up but you don’t give up.”

“You can’t know where life will take you, but you can commit to a direction.”

“Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.”

“ People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.”

“In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.”

“There is no normal life that is free of pain. It’s the very wrestling with our problems that can be the impetus for our growth.”