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“One day, the lotus spoke again. "You remember me? The flower that grows through the mud?" I did. I said as much. "Have you ever considered my significance? I'm everywhere - art, religion, nature.... Have you ever wondered why?"

... It spoke, "Nothing touches me. I radiate beauty. You can do the same."

"How?" I asked.

"Easy," it said. "I grow in a pond. I take the water and nutrients I need to grow, and let the rest sink to the bottom. What's in mud, anyway? Water, nutrients, life and a little bit of sludge. Let the sludge go like I do. Then stand tall above the leaves.”
― Dawn Casey-Rowe, Don't Sniff the Glue: A Teacher's Misadventures in Education Reform

“We can't always be the bridge. Sometimes we have to be the flooding river.”
― K. Weikel, The One-Hundred

“If you saw me at my weakest, you will probably be knowing how strong I can be.”
― Adhish Mazumder

“The prayer gives regards to God for making me strong,
For giving me the courage to stand up each time I fall,
For giving me downs to make me appreciate the ups,
For helping me to even in dark times, stand tall.”
― Neelam Saxena Chandra, Winter Shall fade

“I never ask for my challenges to be taken away from me. Because I know that should I be excused from going through tough times, the blessings that await beyond them would be taken away too.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“I cannot tell you how many people during that time told me: 'I’m so sorry this happened to you—but I am so glad that it was you who it happened to.'

I can't help but think that they're right.

I have been through a lot in my life, and if nothing else, it has made me strong. I wouldn't have wished it on the team for anything. If could go back right now and steal those words out of his mouth, I would do it. But as I have spent a career telling the young women in my care, all you can do is focus on the things you control, and what we controlled in this instance was our response.”
― C. Vivian Stringer, Standing Tall: A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph