“There should be stars for great wars like ours. There ought to be awards and plenty of champagne for the survivors.”
"I try to be as honest about what I see and to speak rather than be silent, especially if it means I can save lives, or serve humanity."
- Sandra Cisneros
Compassion
"The older I get, the more I’m conscious of ways very small things can make a change in the world. Tiny little things, but the world is made up of tiny matters, isn’t it?"
- Sandra Cisneros
Growth
"I’ve put up with too much, too long, and now I’m just too intelligent, too powerful, too beautiful, too sure of who I am finally to deserve anything less."
- Sandra Cisneros
Self-confidence
"to become a writer so I could see my name in the card catalog."
- Sandra Cisneros
Aspirations
"I am obsessed with becoming a woman comfortable in her skin."
- Sandra Cisneros
Self-improvement
"The youth of this generation have a greater capacity for obedience than any previous generation."
- Elder David A. Bednar
Strength
"He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior."
- Confucius
Strength
"The pain you feel today will show itself as strength tomorrow."
- Tunde Oyeneyin
Strength
"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."
- Mahatma Gandhi
Strength
"Strength is the product of struggle, you must do what others don’t to achieve what others won’t."
- Henry Rollins
Strength