"A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself." ― Joseph Campbell Topic(s): Life More From Joseph Campbell "I don’t have to have faith, I have experience." "When people get married because they think it’s a long-time love affair, they’ll be divorced very soon, because all love affairs end in disappointment. But marriage is a recognition of a spiritual identity." "Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain." More In Life "Our heavenly Father understands our disappointment, suffering, pain, fear, and doubt. He is always there to encourage our hearts and help us understand that He’s sufficient for all of our needs. When I accepted this as an absolute truth in my life, I found that my worrying stopped."― Charles Stanley "Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have – life itself."― Walter Anderson "Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me."― Walt Whitman