Kadech

“Be cheerful also, and seek not external help nor the tranquility which others give. A man then must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“A man defines
himself by his make-believe as well as by his sincere impulses.”
― Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

“But man is not made for defeat," he said. "A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”
― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea

“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.

And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.”
― Albert Camus