Criss JamiEasily mistaken, it is not about a love for adversity, it is about knowing a strength and a faith so great that adversity, in all its adverse manifestations, hardly even exists.
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The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. It is about knowing a strength and a faith so great that adversity, in all its adverse manifestations, hardly even exists. The ability to overcome and keep going despite everything that stands in your way is what sets apart the truly great from the mere good and the merely strong.
Source: Killosophy
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