We are pow­er­ful because we have sur­vived, and that is what it is all about- sur­vival and growth.

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"Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever."

- Audre Lorde

Love

"I do not wish my anger and pain and fear about cancer to fossilize into yet another silence, nor to rob me of whatever strength can lie at the core of this experience, openly acknowledged and examined...imposed silence about any area of our lives is a tool for separation and powerlessness."

- Audre Lorde

Awareness

"Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now."

- Audre Lorde

Awareness

"I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own."

- Audre Lorde

Compassion

"The love expressed between women is particular and powerful because we have had to love in order to live; love has been our survival."

- Audre Lorde

Compassion

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"We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated."

- Maya Angelou

Resilience

"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."

- Winston Churchill

Resilience

"Criticism is the best sign you’re onto something."

- Michael Lopp

Resilience

"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."

- David Brinkley

Resilience

"We are really competing against ourselves. We have no control over how other people perform."

- Pete Cashmore

Resilience