We are still fighters.

When some people have a difficult job to do, they give up everything else until that job is finished. Others just give up.

People just see the shine. They don't see the grind, the bags under my eyes. It was a lot of grinding, setbacks... I ain't finna let nothing stop me. Wherever I stop at, I already know who I am.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.

In the final analysis, the questions of why bad things happen to good people transmutes itself into some very different questions, no longer asking why something happened, but asking how we will respond, what we intend to do now that it happened.

That's why I want to change Mississippi. You don't run away from problems - you just face them.

Any of us can be happy and have a good attitude when everything is going our way. But I believe it's the real test of your character and of your faith to say, 'Things are not going our way, but I'm still being good to people; I'm still attending church; I still have a good attitude.'

Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.

Tough times never last. Tough people do

Failure doesn't mean you are a failure...it just means you haven't succeeded yet.

But you know He doesn't take away the rough times. He helps you through them. Besides, all the difficult stuff makes you grow. It helps you depend on Him and not on yourself." Doug to Christy, pg. 156