"Look what you've already come through! Don't..." - Quote by Maya Angelou
Look what you've already come through! Don't deny it. You've already come through some things, which are very painful. If you've been alive until you're 35, you have gone through some pain. It cost you something. And you've come through it. So at least look at that. And have a sense to look at yourself and say, "Well, wait a minute. I'm stronger than I thought I was."
More by Maya Angelou
“All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.”
“Hope for the best, be prepared for the worse. Life is shocking, but you must never appear to be shocked. For no matter how bad it is it could be worse and no matter how good it is it could be better.”
“We must create a climate where people agree that human beings are more alike than unalike. The only way to do that is through education.”
More on Strength
“Water its living strength first shows, When obstacles its course oppose.”
“Fearlessness is a more than ordinary strength of mind, which raises the soul above the troubles, disorders, and emotions which theprospect of great dangers are used to produce. And by this inward strength it is that heroes preserve themselves in a calm and quiet state, and enjoy a presence of mind and the free use of their reason in the midst of those terrible accidents that amaze and confound other people.”
“When family ties are disturbed, devoted children arise.”
More on Resilience
“There are few misfortunes in this world that you cannot turn into a personal trimuph if you have the iron will and the neccessary skill.”
“No matter how difficult the situation is, it won't last forever. What follows the night is the day. What follows the winter is the spring.”
“My persistence is the measure of the belief I have in myself.”