The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and be greater than our suffering.

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"Stories are the secret reservoir of values: change the stories individuals or nations live by and tell themselves, and you change the individuals and nations."

- Ben Okri

Creativity

"The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love, and to be greater than our suffering."

- Ben Okri

Strength

"The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering."

- Ben Okri

Strength

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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