I write about adversity, I praise adversity, not to be pessimistic, but rather to strengthen myself. The more familiar that you are with it, the less likely you are to have a breakdown when it occurs. You become more reflective of its purpose, you un...
The pressure of adversity is the most powerful sustainer of accountability. It's as though everything you do is multiplied by 50 in order to surpass those with a head-start. I was never capable of slacking when at the threshold of failure.
Easily 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.
The faithful man perceives nothing less than opportunity in difficulties. Flowing through his spine, faith and courage work together: Such a man does not fear losing his life, thus he will risk losing it at times in order to empower it. By this he ac...
You can't be a rebel without the scars that come with it. Truth is, some days scars are just as ugly as they are beautiful.
I've played Romeo for Juliet (But in depth) It's vignettes of silhouettes (And then read) And watched Russian roulette, yeah red Soviet Yet doing it simultaneously While dropping down shed oubliettes Turned around and took truth to the head that Love...
Dreams and freedom are the same. In order for them to be, they come with a price.
The unteachable man is sentenced to being taught only by experience. The tragedy is he reaches nothing further than his own pain.
A pure heart does not demean the spirit of an individual, it, instead, compels the individual to examine his spirit.
As long as I am breathing, in my eyes, I am just beginning.
We often hear about stepping outside ourselves, but rarely about stepping outside our generation.
The older you get, the more you understand how your conscience works. The biggest and only critic lives in your perception of people's perception of you rather than people's perception of you.
In a general sense, I admit to valuing the worldviews of men under the age of 40 and women over the age of 30.
I have a thing for things that last.
Drunken men give some of the best pep talks.
The writer's curse is that even in solitude, no matter its duration, he never grows lonely or bored.
Companionship is a foreign concept to some people. They fear it as much as the majority of people fear loneliness.
Persistence. Perfection. Patience. Power. Prioritize your passion. It keeps you sane.
