The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man be perfected without trials.
Danish Proverb

When it gets dark enough you can see the stars.
Lee Salk

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.
Barbara De Angelis

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Martin Luther King, Jr

Even the most daring and accomplished people have undergone tremendous difficulty. In fact, the more successful they became, the more they attributed their success to the lessons learned during their most difficult times. Adversity is our teacher. When we view adversity as a guide towards greater inner growth, we will then learn to accept the wisdom our soul came into this life to learn.
Barbara Rose

You're a winner. The tests of life are not meant to break you, but to make you.
Norman Vincent Peale

We should always pray for help, but we should always listen for inspiration and impression to proceed in ways different from those we may have thought of.
John H. Groberg

In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.
John Churton Collins

There are two big forces at work, external and internal. We have very little control over external forces such as tornados, earthquakes, floods, disasters, illness and pain. What really matters is internal force. How do I respond to those disasters? Over that I have complete control.
Leo Buscaglia

No one can go back and make a brand new start. Anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
Unknown

Worry never accomplishes anything. When you have a problem, it is best to concentrate on the solution to that problem, not the problem itself.
Thomas D. Willhite

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.
William Hazlitt

Times of great calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
Charles Caleb Colton

You become a champion by fighting one more round. When things are tough, you fight one more round.
James J. Corbett