“Don't ask for life to be easier if you are capable of being strong.”

“It was easier being strong when another man was strong enough to be weak.”

“If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.”

“I was happy but happy is an adult word. You don't have to ask a child about happy, you see it. They are or they are not. Adults talk about being happy because largely they are not. Talking about it is the same as trying to catch the wind. Much easier to let it blow all over you.”

“I used to ask for an easy life, now I ask to be strong.”

“Sometimes, instead of being hurt, you should look at betrayal as a gift. It makes it that much easier to sweep it up and toss it out with the rest of the trash. And why is that you ask? Because trash starts to stink...and when it does, it has no more value in your life.”