"When something bad happens you have three choices. You can either let it define you, let it destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you."

"I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong."

"There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me."

"Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence."

"I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death"

"For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness."