Meredith Grey

"The greatest victories come after the hardest struggles."

"I'm not going to apologize for being who I am."

"Sometimes you have to let people go to find yourself."

"The measure of a person is not their success, but their integrity."

"I'm choosing to live intentionally."

"Love is a risk worth taking."

"You are stronger than you think."

"The only constant in life is change."

"I'm going to be a mother, a surgeon, and a woman who knows what she wants."

"The human capacity for burden is like rope. We can take so much before we break."

"At some point, you have to make a decision. Boundaries don't keep other people out. They fence you in."

"We are not the sum of our traumas. We are the sum of our choices."

"It's not about the big, dramatic moments. It never is. It's always the little things."

"You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."

"Knowing is better than wondering. Waking is better than sleeping."

"Don't let what he wants eclipse what you need. There's a difference."

"The key to a great relationship is knowing when to hold on and when to let go."

"You can't control how people remember you. All you can do is control how you treat them now."

"Success doesn't just happen. You have to work for it. Hard."

"Failure isn't fatal, but failure to change might be."

"Time doesn't heal all wounds. Time just makes the pain more bearable."

"Pick your battles. You don't have to be involved in every fight."

"We spend so much time wanting things we can't have that we don't see what's in front of us."

"Sometimes the future is less about the destination and more about the journey."

"You can't live in the past. It will destroy you."

"The world doesn't owe you anything. You have to take what you want."

"Real love is choosing someone every single day."

"Friendship isn't about how long you've known someone. It's about who comes back."

"You can't move forward if you're always looking back."

"The only way out is through."