Women are strong, strong, terribly strong. We don’t know how strong until we’re pushing out our babies.

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"My grandfather was a persuasive man who made friends with people at every level of influence. In order to fight against our tribe's termination, he went to newspapers and politicians and urged them to advocate for our tribe in Washington. He also supported his family through the Depression as a truck farmer."

- Louise Erdrich

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"Now that I knew fear, I also knew it was not permanent. As powerful as it was, its grip on me would loosen. It would pass."

- Louise Erdrich

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"The youth of this generation have a greater capacity for obedience than any previous generation."

- Elder David A. Bednar

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"He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior."

- Confucius

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"The pain you feel today will show itself as strength tomorrow."

- Tunde Oyeneyin

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"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."

- Mahatma Gandhi

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"Strength is the product of struggle, you must do what others don’t to achieve what others won’t."

- Henry Rollins

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