Be determined to create the life you want.

— Lailah Gifty Akita

I admire successful men and women who endured and overcome unusual circumstances to fulfill their dreams.

— Lailah Gifty Akita

We live by faith and by the grace of God.

— Lailah Gifty Akita

You can survive the storm. Your soul is stronger than the storm.

— Lailah Gifty Akita

It is my toughest time but the greatest.

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Hope can keep you alive in the midst of the turbulence.

— Lailah Gifty Akita

With grace we can overcome every human limitations.

— Lailah Gifty Akita

I lie there for a while in the dusk, then make a decision, little knowing how it will affect every facet of my life and fiber of my being for the rest of my life: I say no to shame.

— Alan Cumming

Their locked hands offered a stark reminder of how many scars lingered … shards of war and distressing anguish forever branded them. Yet in this endearing moment of comfort, their adversity became skinspeak between survivors phoenixing from the ashes of their perilous journey—their burning eagerness for survival overcoming the forces that once tried to stifle their light.

— Becca Vry

I do not like the situation but must endure to fulfil the dream.

— Lailah Gifty Akita