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The strongest people are the ones who know pain. The ones who know what it’s like to suffer, what it’s like to hurt and what it’s like to die when everyone else is living.

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We are capable of pushing through, of starting over, of regaining our footing, of beginning again. But only when we believe we are.

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Your dream is not a certainty to wait for, but an uncertainty to work hard for.

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They see opportunities, not risks.

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Surviving those things didn’t make me stronger – figuratively slapping myself in the face and snapping the hell out of it did.