Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.
Suffering is part of our training program for becoming wise.
There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.
Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.
A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.
Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.
Life had to break you down so you could be rebuilt better.
Every time I’ve failed, people have had me out for the count, but I always come back.
I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.
Good actions are a guard against the blows of adversity.
History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.
I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.
Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.
We find comfort among those who agree with us – growth among those who don’t.
If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.
Don’t read success stories, you will only get a message. Read failure stories, you will get some ideas to get success.
Adversity always presents opportunities for introspection.
Out of adversity comes opportunity.
There is no coming to consciousness without pain.
It is the last straw that breaks the camel’s back.