The phoenix
Only those who possess both confidence and humility are complete.
Confidence without humility becomes egotism. People who are egoistical, are actually more insecure than they wanted you to believe.
Sometimes, humility can only be learnt after one hit rock bottom and stayed there for a while.
Like a phoenix who needs to be burnt to the ashes in order to be reborn, the periods of darkness in one's life are opportunities to cleanse and purify one's soul before the rebirth can take place.
Of course, it's easy to say these from the hindsight. When the fire is burning, when things hurt like hell, you'll likely just want to tell other people to shut up about this phoenix nonsense.
