“I’ve had some not happy moments with [ IVF], very traumatic moments. [Getting pregnant is] difficult as you get older. It’s not something that can just happen.”
"Take responsibility for yourself because no one’s going to take responsibility for you. I’m not a victim. I grow from this and I learn."
- Tyra Banks
Personal Growth
"Stop saying these negative things about yourself. Look in the mirror and find something about yourself that's positive and celebrate that!"
- Tyra Banks
Self-esteem
"You can have all the potential in the world, but unless you have confidence, you have nothing."
- Tyra Banks
Self-confidence
"You have what it takes to be a victorious, independent, fearless woman."
- Tyra Banks
Empowerment
"Girls of all kinds can be beautiful—from the thin, plus-sized, short, very tall, ebony to porcelain-skinned; the quirky, clumsy, shy, outgoing and all in between. It’s not easy though because many people still put beauty into a confining, narrow box…think outside of the box."
- Tyra Banks
Originality
"Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."
- Joshua J. Marine
Adversity
"The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it."
- Epicurus
Adversity
"It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness."
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Adversity
"The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself—the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us—that’s where it’s at."
- Jesse Owens
Adversity
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress."
- Frederick Douglass
Adversity