#sit

So it is more useful to watch a man in times of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is torn off, reality remains. ↗

— Titus Lucretius Carus

#heart #peril #reality #truth #adversity

We are like the herb which flourisheth most when trampled upon ↗

— Walter Scott

#facing-problems #adversity

Sometimes a wild horse needs to feel that his rider is just a little bit wilder. ↗

— Francesca Lia Block

#fantasy #horse #ruby #strength-through-adversity #womanhood

Use what you've been through as fuel, believe in yourself and be unstoppable! ↗

— Yvonne Pierre

#don-t-quit #never-give-up #overcoming-adversity #uplifting #adversity

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. ↗

— Criss Jami

#adversity #compel #drive #endure #failure

One of the major keys to success is to keep moving forward on the journey, making the best of the detours and interruptions, turning adversity into advantage. ↗

— John C. Maxwell

#adversity

The scholar only knows how dear these silent, yet eloquent, companions of pure thoughts and innocent hours become in the season of adversity. When all that is worldly turns to dross around us, these only retain their steady value. ↗

— Washington Irving

#solitude #thoughts #adversity

Did you know that when we were kids Cass used to tell me your stories? She used to laugh at you. Not in a mean way, but in the way that Cass used to laugh at everything before...." He gestures around us at our world now. I shake my head. "I thought Cass never liked my stories. Never remembered them." "Oh yes, I would beg her to tell me if she had new stories from you." "Why didn't you ask me yourself?" I whisper. "Because you were Harry's," he responds. "Not always." "Yes, always," he says. "Always in his eyes," he adds in a softer tone. ↗

— Carrie Ryan

#love #love

The efficiency of the cleaning solution in liquefying wizards suggested the operation of an antithetical principal,which-" "Did you have to get him started?" Cimorene asked reproachfully. ↗

— Patricia C. Wrede

#verbosity #tolerance

That's Third Thoughts for you. When a huge rock is going to land on your head, they're the thoughts that think: Is that an igneous rock, such as granite, or is it sandstone? - Tiffany Aching in Wintersmith ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#geology #humor #imagination #perspicacity #science