“Sometimes what makes us insecure and vulnerable becomes the fuel we need to be overachievers. The antidote for a snakebite is made from the poison, and the thing that made you go backward is the same force that will push you forward.”

—  T.D. Jakes

Source: Reposition Yourself: Living Life Without Limits

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