The Betrayed Quotes

“My father had a saying,” Hoel continued seriously. “The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Betrayed

“Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Betrayed

“Integrity without knowledge is useless. Knowledge without integrity is dangerous.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Betrayed

“What is the good of dragging up sufferings that are over”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Betrayed

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through trials and suffering can the soul be strengthened”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Betrayed

“We can believe a lie to be true if we feed it to ourselves often enough.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Betrayed

“And she realized, as she turned to leave, that being trusted was a greater compliment than being loved.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Betrayed

“If your determination is fixed, do not despair. Few things are impossible for those who possess both diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Betrayed

“Thoughts become things. And there is one thought, above all, that comes to every man or woman at one time or another. I've seen the thought come to the very young... I've seen it strike the aged... for the first time in their lives. The thought is this. Will anything I say or do endure after I am gone?...Time erodes everything... We leave no mark that truly lasts.
Still, every person wants to endure, to be remembered for something.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Betrayed

“heard Nostradamus once say, with the sarcasm only he could pull off with such aplomb, that mortals are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Betrayed

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through trials and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. Pain and suffering are inevitable for those who seek intelligence and nurture a deep heart. The really great ones must, I think, have great sadness.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Betrayed

“The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken without help.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Betrayed

“Pain and suffering are inevitable for those who seek intelligence and nurture a deep heart. The really great ones must, I think, have great sadness.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Betrayed

“To keep your secret is wisdom; to expect others to keep it is folly. People cannot help but share what they know. Even if it will hurt them.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Betrayed

“mortals are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The Betrayed