Criss Jami Quotes

“The harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal.”

— Criss Jami

“Find a purpose to serve, not a lifestyle to live.”

— Criss Jami

“A young outcast will often feel that there is something wrong with himself, but as he gets older, grows more confident in who he is, he will adapt, he will begin to feel that there is something wrong with everyone else.”

— Criss Jami

“To be heroic is to be courageous enough to die for something; to be inspirational is to be crazy enough to live a little.”

— Criss Jami

“Love is as simple as the absence of self given to another. God, when invited, fills the void of any unrequited love; hence loving is how one is drawn closer to God no matter its most horrific repercussions.”

— Criss Jami

“Confidence is like a dragon where, for every head cut off, two more heads grow back.”

— Criss Jami

“If you're waiting until you feel talented enough to make it, you'll never make it.”

— Criss Jami

“You have to lift a person up before you can really put them in their place.”

— Criss Jami

“With a hint of good judgment, to fear nothing, not failure or suffering or even death, indicates that you value life the most. You live to the extreme; you push limits; you spend your time building legacies. Those do not die.”

— Criss Jami

“Soar with wit. Conquer with dignity. Handle with care.”

— Criss Jami

“I do not care about happiness simply because I believe that joy is something worth fighting for.”

— Criss Jami

“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.”

— Criss Jami

“Pride and power fall when the person falls, but discoveries of truth form legacies that can be built upon for generations.”

— Criss Jami

“The power of hope! Even a lack of ambition can, for a time, pay off as a necessary facet, as long as hope outweighs it.”

— Criss Jami

“You can perhaps, in a number of circumstances, tell yourself that you can't have more than you have until you do better than you're doing, but by all means steer clear of its reverse, the creed of defeat, in saying that you can't do better than you're doing until you can have more than you have.”

— Criss Jami