Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces.
Matthew HenryThe perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.
ConfuciusI don't want to feel like I've matured. That's a stupid word that I never want to use.
Marilyn MansonMemory is man's greatest friend and worst enemy.
Gilbert ParkerHe that hopes no good, fears no ill.
Thomas FullerI never thought of losing, but now that it's happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.
Muhammad AliThere is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune, it is a certain air which distinguishes us and seems to destine us for great things, it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld