They say everything you go through in your childhood builds character and inner strength.
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I want kids to understand that strength doesn't come from what goes on around you. It comes from inside you, and that comes from Jesus Christ.
What gives me strength is thinking about my children.
Growing up, when I was younger, I didn't feel all that tough or smart or strong. As I got older, I was able to discover my own strength.
My sense of personal strength has always come from my family.
The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.
There are many critics who have an idealised version of where my strengths lie.
Sometimes your greatest strength can emerge as a weakness if the context changes.
I know I have great inner strength; I always have. I can blank things out, cut people out, and I know that I can go and live in a cave on my own if necessary.
Only out of great vulnerability do you discover what strength you have. Having a daughter who I love with all my being has helped me mine the source of that strength to previously unknown depths.
When what we introduce into the children's world of ideas and feelings is in line with the direction of the developmental forces of a given stage of life, we strengthen the entire developing person in a way that remains a source of strength throughout that person's life.
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