I don’t like to gamble, but if there’s one thing I’m willing to bet on, it’s myself. — Beyoncé

---

The tests we face in life's journey are not to reveal our weaknesses but to help us discover our inner strengths. We can only know how strong we are when we strive and thrive beyond the challenges we face. - Kemi Sogunle

---

I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.

---

Singleness would be recognized as a vital stage of the journey to maturation, a time to learn about who we are, to learn responsibility and self-sufficiency, to identify our true desires, and to confront our inner strengths and demons. — Harville Hendrix

---

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. ― Rumi

---

You must dare to disassociate yourself from those who would delay your journey... Leave, depart, if not physically, then mentally. Go your own way, quietly, undramatically, and venture toward Trueness at last.

---

Yes, I read. I have that absurd habit. I like beautiful poems, moving poetry, and all the beyond of that poetry. I am extraordinarily sensitive to those poor, marvelous words left in our dark night by a few men I never knew.

---

Do not look for rest in any pleasure, because you were not created for pleasure: you were created for joy. And if you do not know the difference between pleasure and joy you have not yet begun to live.

---

The single most powerful thing I can be is to be myself.- Dwayne Johnson

---

Friendship is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself. ― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

---