Realizing that we've surrendered our self-esteem to others and choosing to be accountable for our own self-worth would mean absorbing the terrifying… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
No mother. Two small words, and yet within them lay a bottomless well of pain and loss, a ceaseless mourning for touches… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
Cancer taught me a plan for more purposeful living, and that in turn taught me how to train and to win more… — Lance Armstrong Copy Share Image
“We do not need to succumb to the temptation to meet such a violation with retaliation. The only way to heal this… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Anger is the right response to something that is so wrong. But don't let the anger and pain and loss you feel… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
The revolution taught me not to be consoled by other people's miseries, not to feel thankful because so many others had suffered… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
The good news of the gospel [for sufferers] is not an exhortation from above to 'hang on at all costs,' or 'grin… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
I came to the realization that I had failed in some respects because I had been more of a benevolent narrator than… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
“Living was a dangerous past-time, and often quite painful—but there was also such joy in living, such beauty, things that one would… — Anonymous Copy Share Image