It’s always been my belief that everybody has a spirit.

By “spirit,” I mean something that’s inside a person that make them, well, them. Something beyond their thoughts or their actions or their beliefs. A certain sparkle that is unique to them. Something that, once you see it, it’s impossible to ignore.

I’ve also always believed that nothing is stronger than the human spirit. Your spirit tells you to wake up each morning and try again. Your spirit tells you that you are a unique person with a lot to offer the world. Your spirit tells you that you have the power to do anything.

Your spirit can tell you a lot. If you decide to listen.

Here’s a list of 15 of my favorite quotes to remind you of that inner power and potential your spirit has.

1. “You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.”

2. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.”

3. “I’m working on myself, for myself, by myself.”

4. “Stop wishing. Start doing.”

5. “Throw me to the wolves and I will return leading the pack.”

6. “Let her sleep for when she wakes, she will move mountains.”

7. “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.”

8. “When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you will be successful.”

9. “I believe in the person I want to become.”

10. “Don’t let small minds convince you that your dreams are too big.”

11. “Be so good they can’t ignore you.”

12. “In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.”

13. “I am better than I was. I’ll be better than I am.”

14. “She believed she could, so she did.”

15. “I survived because the fire inside me burned brighter than the fire around me.”