"A mother is the one who fills your heart in the first place."
- Amy Tan
Love
"We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming—well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate."
- Amy Tan
Hope
"Then you must teach my daughter this same lesson. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How to laugh forever."
- Amy Tan
Hope
"We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming — well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate."
- Amy Tan
Hope
"When I go back and read my journals or fiction, I am always surprised. I may not remember having those thoughts, but they still exist and I know they are mine, and it’s all part of making sense of who I am."
- Amy Tan
Self-awareness
"Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done."
- Unknown
Perseverance
"He that can have patience can have what he will."
- Benjamin Franklin
Perseverance
"You just can’t beat the person who never gives up."
- Babe Ruth
Perseverance
"What I've learned from running is that the time to push hard is when you're hurting like crazy and you want to give up. … Success is often just around the corner."
- James Dyson
Perseverance
"Never give up because great things take time."
- Adrian Williams
Perseverance