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What does not destroy me, makes me stronger. — Friedrich Nietzsche · 1889It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable. — Seneca · 58
In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. — Jesus · 90He that is down needs fear no fall He that is low, no pride; He that is humble ever shall Have God to be his guide. — John Bunyan · 1678
Moments of crisis produce in man a redoubling of life. — Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand · 1850
I believe whatever doesn't kill you, simply makes you...stranger. — The Joker · 2008
I believe whatever doesn't kill you, simply makes you...stranger. — The Joker · 2008
The things you think are disasters in your life are not disasters really. Almost anything can be turned around: out of every ditch, a path, if you can only see it. — Hilary Mantel · 2012
I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. — Thomas Paine · 1776
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming. — Theodore Roosevelt · 1910
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Our greatest glory is, not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. — Oliver Goldsmith · 1761
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I believe whatever doesn't kill you, simply makes you...stranger. — The Joker · 2008
I believe whatever doesn't kill you, simply makes you...stranger. — The Joker · 2008