It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.
Hard is trying to rebuild yourself, piece by piece, with no instruction book, and no clue as to where all the important bits are supposed to go.
Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.
Life is cruel. Why should the afterlife be any different?
Above all, don’t fear difficult moments. The best comes from them.
For all your days be prepared, and meet them ever alike. When you are the anvil, bear – when you are the hammer, strike.
Pain and suffering are the soil of strength and courage.
The only way to learn strong faith is to endure great trials.
Defeat doesn’t finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he’s defeated. He’s finished when he quits.
Life is difficult. This is the great truth, one of the greatest truths-it is a great truth because once we see this truth, we transcend it.
Change is painful. Few people have the courage to seek out change. Most people won’t change until the pain of where they are exceeds the pain of change.
One of the most fascinating lessons I’ve absorbed about life is that the struggle is good.
You’re responsible for yourself. You messed up your life, and it’s up to you to fix it. No one else is going to do it for you – for any of you.
In times of adversity and change, we really discover who we are and what we’re made of.
I believe that we start to see our true personalities when we go through the most difficult moments. This is when we get stronger.
The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle.
Ooh baby, baby, it’s a wild world, it’s hard just to get by upon a smile.
I’d rather be in this wheelchair knowing God than on my feet without him.
You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That’s a part of it.
What doesn’t kill me, can only make me stronger.