If God asks that you bend, bend and do not complain. He is making you more flexible, and for this be thankful. – Terri Guillemets Category: Adversity
Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel. – Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Orthodoxy, 1909 Category: Adversity
I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress. РAndr̩ Gide Category: Adversity
If you think of paying court to the men in power, your eternal ruin is assured. – Stendhal Category: power
Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause. – Henry Ward Beecher Category: Loss
Learned men are the cisterns of knowledge, not the fountainheads. – James Northcote Category: Knowledge
Someone taught me how to eat properly. Learning from others is important when its not working for yourself. – Geri Halliwell Category: Learning
