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“Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them -- in order that the reader may see what they are made of."[From the preface.]”
“May you find grace to endure every circumstance.”
“Adversity does more than build character. It changes the way we see the world.”
“Who wants to die? Everything struggles to live. Look at that tree growing up there out of that grating. It gets no sun, and water only when it rains. It's growing out of sour earth. And it's strong...”
“The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.”
“Bullying builds character like nuclear waste creates superheroes. It's a rare occurrence and often does much more damage than endowment.”
“Often those that criticise others reveal what he himself lacks.”
“It's only as bad as you make it.”
“...My deepest personal reason for staying in Paris is that whatever I have as a character, good or bad, is based on the fact that since the age of four I have never run away from anything however p...”
“Strength doesn't come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn't.”
“When your steps are destined... you can trust that your journey has a variety of processes. These processes will be disguised with a perfect strife; however, the struggle is pivotal in breeding gre...”
“The man of courage is not the man who did not face adversity. The man of courage is the man who faced adversity and spoke to it. The man of courage tells adversity, "You're trespassing and I give y...”
“The next time the world tells you Stop, Dont, or You cant do this, the next time the world beats the living daylight out of you, hit it back with a knock just as strong and say, No, I want to do this.”
“I lost all I had known and gained a life I was yet to know.”
“Life has pounded me downand thrashed me around,Time and time again,But I always get right back up,Because I still love life -Just as the earth still lovesThe rain.”
“The secret in any situation is the strength of spirit.”
“Every situation you conquer, you find the strength, your never knew you had.”
“With a strong spirit, you will survive any situation.”
“In time of poverty, you alone face is your fate. If your spirit is stronger enough, you will survive.”
“Youve gotta believe that the split second that changed your lifethe brief moment that took your leg and bruised your meloncant be the defining moment of your life. It was just an instant, a flash. ...”
