Criss Jami Quotes about Adversity

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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.

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.

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Adversity, Knowing, Manifestation

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.112, Criss Jami

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 understand God's reason for it, and are then able to make the best of everything that you are handed. The darkness is only frightening after constant sunshine.

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Fear, Writing, Adversity

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.110, Criss Jami

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.

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Powerful, Adversity, Order

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.42, Criss Jami