"We all have our own battles to fight, and sometimes we have to go it alone. I'm stronger than you think, you'd be surprised."

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Source : Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (2014). “Now I'll Tell You Everything”, p.492, Simon and Schuster

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

#Fighting Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Battle Quotes

“Now this is the first rule of fight club: There is nothing a blue collar Nobody in Oregon with a public school education can imagine that a million-billion people haven't already done...”
“It's much simpler to be tortured on camera or to be filmed losing your mind. Whereas a script that has characters who are honest, witty and genuine is often much harder to act.”
“We should show Washington how we do it in North Dakota. I'm running to stop the over-regulating of our economy and start growing it.”
“With literature, sometimes a book is presented in the media as being say, a Muslim story or an African story, when essentially it's a universal story which we can all relate to it, no matter what race or social background we come from”
“Playing well and winning the Super Bowl helped my credibility. Otherwise, when Id give an opinion, people would say, What has he done? If I didnt win that Super Bowl, Id probably be coaching somewhere. TV would not be an option for me. So, (winning the Super Bowl) does help.”
“Pause and remember - You alone are responsible for taking an interest in your own growth. Understanding your deepest fears and pain is what will move you forward. If you can do this, you will be rewarded with not only a deeper connection with yourself, but also with others.”
“No one ever reached heaven without repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.”
“By patience and determination, rather than by a harsh upsetting of tradition, we move toward our national aspirations.... This is the way we get things done in America. One man tells another, does what he can, till the sum of these efforts grows into a national aspiration-a precious goal. Then occurs our miracle of democracy: because the groundwork has been surely laid, the goal is already within our grasp.”

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