Russian may seem narrow-minded, impudent, or even stupid people, but can only pray for those who are against them.

You feel your strength in the experience of pain.

Now we are the masters of our fate, that the task which has been set us is not above our strength; that its pangs and toils are not beyond our endurance. As long as we have faith in our cause and an unconquerable willpower, salvation will not be denied us.

What I know for sure is that there is no strength without challenge, adversity, resistance, and often pain.

I've learned to rely on the strength I inherited from all those who came before me-the grandmothers, sisters, aunts, and brothers who were tested with unimaginable hardships and still survived.

I learned from you that I do not crumble. I learned that strength is something you choose.