Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch.
Too much happens ... Man performs engenders so much more than he can or should have to bear. That's how he finds that he can bear anything.
(n.) Opposition; contrariety.
Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
I long ago came to the conclusion that all life is six to five against.
From a fallen tree all make kindling.
The burden is equal to the horse's strength.
If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence every one must take an equal portion most people would be content to take their own and depart.
What we want is never simple.
Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.
There are times in everyone's life when something constructive is born out of adversity ... when things seem so bad that you've got to grab your fate by the shoulders and shake it.
Difficulties are meant to rouse not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
It is often better to have a great deal of harm happen to one than a little a great deal may rouse you to remove what a little will only accustom you to endure.
When things come to the worse they generally mend.
"The world is a wheel always turning " philosophized Mrs. Pelz. "Those who were high go down low and those who've been low go up higher."
If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.
Suffering has always been with us does it really matter in what form it comes? All that matters is how we bear it and how we fit it into our lives.
The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.
The difficulties and struggles of today are but the price we must pay for the accomplishments and victories of tomorrow.
And I think that's important to know how the water's gone over the dam before you start to describe it. It helps to have been over the dam yourself.
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