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“Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of men.” — Seneca

@Fr. Alexander Nikolaou, BGB

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"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” 🐺 — Aristotle

@Fr. Alexander Nikolaou, BGB

“A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand.” — Plato

@Fr. Alexander Nikolaou, BGB

“The last fortress of a man is his mind. If that stands, nothing has truly fallen." - Epictetus, Enchiridion.

A pot that's been on the fire doesn't fear a drop of hot water. 🔥🍲 You've survived worse than this. What's your fire story? 👇 #Resilience #Strength

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body. 🌳 Seneca's point is simple: nobody gets strong by avoiding weight. The mind works exactly like a muscle. No resistance, no growth. So the hard season you're in? It's training. What difficulty made you stronger?

@Nazir Ahmed Mahar

Sometimes pain becomes the source of courage. When life pushes us to our limits, we often discover a strength we never knew we had. In the #wild, this truth is seen every day. A #buffalo facing a pride of #lions knows the odds are against it, yet it chooses to fight with

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Some ancient Chinese wisdom

@𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒂𝒍𝒕 𝑶𝒇 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉

Archbishop Fulton Sheen on how pain is what forge us into better Men:

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