“Its not how strong you are, its how firm your footing is.”

“Spiritual victory is not something you earn - it is something you accept. The Christian life is not so much about what you have done - it's about what Christ has done. It's not so much about how strong you are - it's about how strong God is.”

“I thought how money was like food. The smell, the way it came in portions, how badly you needed it. How hungry you got for it, that acidic longing which burned and sickened in your stomach. Firm muscular control was needed over food and money. Money could kill you, wanting and needing it and fighting its power.”

“It's not what you go through that makes you strong: it is how you handle the situation that gives you strength.”

“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.”

“A nation is not conquered,Until the hearts of it's womenAre on the ground.then it is done, no matterHow brave it's warriors,Or how strong it's weapons.”