"As a rose blossoms despite being surrounded by thorns, bloom despite being surrounded by troubles."
- Matshona Dhliwayo
"The hotter the furnace the finer the gold."
"Through storms you are able to get all the colors you need to paint the rainbow."
"The darkest clouds precipitate the most rain."
"You are no greater than the adversity you can handle."
"Hope is the one positive force to help us persevere during our darkest storms. Jesus gives us hope when He walks beside us through the fiery furnace and helps us rise above adversity."
- Dana Arcuri
"16 days of activism? I don't know about you folks, but I'm an activist every single day."
- Christina Engela
"As far as we could tell, the face of the revolution was a sea of embroidering women, patiently waiting the resignation of their repressive governor."
- Diana Denham
"I really admired Cesar Chavez and Gandhi, but my form of activism would have to be the written word, not the empty stomach. My parents had brought my family t the United States because of the fear of ..."
- Josefina López
"A truly living human being cannot remain neutral."
- Nadine Gordimer