What doesn't kill us sharpens us. Hardens us. Schools us. You're beating plowshares into swords, Vosch. You are remaking us. We are the clay, and you are Michelangelo. And we will be your masterpiece.
Interpretation
Challenges and struggles make us stronger and more refined.
This quote emphasizes that adversity shapes and strengthens individuals, turning them into their best selves through the process of enduring hardship. It draws an analogy between the transformative power of challenges and the artistic process of a sculptor, suggesting that through trials, we can be molded into something extraordinary.
In practice
During a motivational speech about overcoming obstacles.
When the moment comes to stop running from your past, to turn around and face the thing you thought you could not face--the moment when your life teeters between giving up and getting up--when that moment comes, and it always comes, if you can't get up and you can't give up either, here's what you do: Crawl.
Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you can wait.
I have grown to appreciate the power of believing in myself and of always having faith in myself. I rarely look back; instead, I always look forward. There is so much of life that we miss when we wallow in regret.
I had to persevere because this was my life. This championship, this was the stuff I dreamt of all my life, and I wasn't gonna be denied.
Less gossiping, more learning. Less complaining, more excelling. Less walls, more bridges. Less fear, more courage
Don't ever give up on ability. Don't give up on a player who has it.
You cannot wait for someone to save you, to help you, to complete you. No one can complete you. You complete yourself.
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