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.
Throughout my life, I was always the youngest to do things, which added hype that I didn't want. It added this pressure that I needed to do well fast.
Persistent people are able to visualize the idea of light at the end of the tunnel when others can't see it
If all you're doing is grinding for the man, it's going to burden you. Once you say, 'Hey, I'm grinding for the man, but I'm putting money away, and this is part of my exit strategy,' you're working for you.
I don't lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.
How many push ups do you do? I don't know. I only starts counting when it starts hurting
I'm a very positive thinker, and I think that is what helps me the most in difficult moments.
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