“Easily mistaken, it is not about a love for adversity, it is about knowing a strength and a faith so great that adversity, in all its adverse manifestations, hardly even exists.”
Tagged: adversity attitude character different different-perspective endurance endure existence faith faithfulness god greatness
“Strength and success - they are above morality, above criticism. It seems, then, that it is not what you do, but how you do it and what you call it. Is there a check in men, deep in them, that stops or punishes? There doesn't seem to be. The only punishment is for failure. In effect no crime is committed unless a criminal is caught.”
Tagged: crime failure john-steinbeck morality punishment strength success the-winter-of-our-discontent
“As the earth dies your spirit will bloom; as the world fades your soul will rise and glisten. Amongst the dehydrated crevices of a desert earth you will stumble upon your diamonds; in between the dry skulls and cracked bones you will find your sapphires.”
Tagged: beginning change diamonds dying-earth end fading-world hope humanity inspirational-quotes sapphires strength survival-of-the-human-soul
