“The violence Jesus endured is seldom represented in a fashion that does justice to his suffering. He was taken into custody, stripped, and whipped by Roman guards. Men who strip another man do so not merely to harm but even more so to humiliate. Jesus’ naked body received not only the whip but the words of degradation. This was not merely a beating; it was sexual assault. God’s Son was subjected to the shame of abuse. He was the ultimate illegal alien, stranger, and refugee—the despised of the earth.”
"Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."
- Joshua J. Marine
Adversity
"The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it."
- Epicurus
Adversity
"It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness."
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Adversity
"The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself—the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us—that’s where it’s at."
- Jesse Owens
Adversity
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress."
- Frederick Douglass
Adversity