“Hardships are never made easy.”

“A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains.”

“Biker George says that life can be hard & it’s even harder if you don’t have Christ.”

“Human happiness is defined by the hardships and conflicts you have been through. The greater they are, the greater is your happiness.”

“Sometimes we must undergo hardships, breakups, and narcissistic wounds, which shatter the flattering image that we had of ourselves, in order to discover two truths: that we are not who we thought we were; and that the loss of a cherished pleasure is not necessarily the loss of true happiness and well-being. (109)”

“Your strength will be found when you stop struggling with yourself, instead of thinking everyone is a struggle worth overcoming. Every obstacle in life is a lesson that teaches us, not others.”