Loyalty is not loyalty unless one clings to it in the face of adversity.
Be flexible like trees; when the wind blows bend, but do not break.
We love being mentally strong, but we hate situations that allow us to put our mental strength to good use.
Your friends will believe in your potential, your enemies will make you live up to it.
Do not feel surprise at being schooled amid toil: you are being schooled for a wondrous destiny.
Your strength doesn't come from winning. It comes from struggles and hardship. Everything that you go through prepares you for the next level.
Suddenly she hated them all because they were different from her, because they carried their losses with an air that she could never attain, would never wish to attain. She hated them, these smiling,...
I’ve felt that I was trying to row a heavily loaded boat in a storm. I’ve had so much trouble just trying to keep afloat that I couldn’t be bothered about things that didn’t matter, things I could par...
We all have problems. Or rather, everyone has at least one thing that they regard as a problem.
Our long wanderings have made a man out of him, too. They have not only strengthened his frame and hardened his constitution, but they have given stability to his character. He is thoughtful and prude...
Ashley watched her go and saw her square her small shoulders as she went. And that gesture went to his heart, more than any words she had spoken.