The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials.
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.
Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.
Every negative event contains within it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.
Adversity is like a strong wind. I don't mean just that it holds us back from places we might otherwise go. It also tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that afterward we see ourselves as we really are.
Courage is not the absence of fear...
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.
Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.
We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
Turn your wounds into wisdom.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
Adversity is the first path to truth.
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