A diamond is a chunk of coal that made good under pressure.
It is the surmounting of difficulties that makes heroes.
(n.) Opposition; contrariety.
Of all the advantages which come to any young man ... poverty is the greatest.
I would never have amounted to anything were it not for adversity. I was forced to come up the hard way.
This struggle of people against their conditions this is where you find the meaning in life.
Difficulties are things that show what men are.
When a man is pushed tormented defeated he has a chance to learn something he has been put on his wits ... he has gained facts learned his ignorance is cured of the insanity of conceit has got...
Mistakes are often the best teachers.
If we had no winter the spring would not be so pleasant if we did not sometimes taste of adversity prosperity would not be so welcome.
Some knowledge and some song and some beauty must be kept for those days before the world again plunges into darkness.
As water downs ships but upholds leaves,and as fires burn cities but refines gold,so do life's troubles propel the meek to greatnessand the proud to ruin.
The further you are in the wilderness, the closer the Promised Land is.
Great tests precede great blessings.
Trials are part of the adventure to greatness.
I learned to take those experiences that were difficult in my life and in the adversity that I had overcome to use it for a positive change.
It isn't as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don't worry. I say that to myself every morning. It all works out in the end. Put your trust in God, and move forward with faith and con...
In time of poverty, you alone face is your fate. If your spirit is stronger enough, you will survive.
Trials come to each of us. Living righteously does not mean that our lives will be free of problems or sorrow, but no matter what hardships we face we can always rely on Heavenly Father and His son. T...
Success advances the man's cause, adversity cleans the man's soul.
So, with my knees pierced by needles and my shoulder sewn together by the slender thread of endorphins, I keep to my genuflection and end my story the only way that really fits. As a prayer that seals...
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