If you give it to God, He transforms your test into a testimony, your mess into a message, and your misery into a ministry.
You have escaped the cage. Your wings are stretched out. Now fly.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
Great faith is the product of great fights. Great testimonies are the outcome of great tests. Great triumphs can only come out of great trials.
The victim should have the right to end his life, if he wants. But I think it would be a great mistake. However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. While there’s life, there is hope.
So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.
I have often been afraid, but I would not give in to it. I made myself act as though I was not afraid and gradually my fear disappeared.
These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in the crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it NOW, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.
Long live the rose that grew from the concrete when no one else ever cared.
For what then matters is to bear witness to the uniquely human potential at its best, which is to transform a personal tragedy into a triumph, to turn one’s predicament into a human achievement.
Suffering presents us with a challenge: to find our goals and purpose in our lives that make even the worst situation worth living through.
In times of crisis, people reach for meaning. Meaning is strength. Our survival may depend on our seeking and finding it.
What you have experienced, no power on earth can take from you.
Life is not what it’s supposed to be. It’s what it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.
Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.
Resilience is very different than being numb. Resilience means you experience, you feel, you fail, you hurt. You fall. But, you keep going.
Come hell or high water you will never take me back to the place I was before. I have been through too much to let life whoop me again. My faith is stronger than it’s ever been, my mind is more tenacious than it’s ever been, my soul is more absolute.
Don’t allow your past or present condition to control you. It’s just a process that you’re going through to get you to the next level.
Every time I rise up, I have confidence that I’m going to make it.