“ The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the last generation. Abraham Lincoln
“ Being disabled gave me an immense advantage. People are kinder to you. It puts you on a different level than if you go into a situation whole and secure. Dorothea Lange
“ If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to b… John Heywood
“ Adversity is like the period of the rain ... cold comfortless unfriendly to man and to animal yet from that season have their birth the flower the fruit the date the rose and the pomegranate. Sir Walter Scott
“ Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump you may be freeing him from being a camel. G. K. Chesterton
“ When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity. John F. Kennedy
“ Victories that are cheap are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting. Henry Ward Beecher
“ The most valuable gift I ever received was the gift of insecurity my father left us. My mother's love might not have prepared me for life the way my father's departure did. He forced us out on the roa… Lillian Gish
