“No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.”
“Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.”
“The harder you fall, the higher you bounce.”
“A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.”
“I bring to my life a certain amount of mess.”
“When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.”
“They sicken at the calm that know the storm.”
“Tough times never last, but tough people do.”
“Not everything which is bad comes to hurt us.”
“Men stumble over pebbles, never over mountains”
“What is to give light must endure the burning.”
“When it gets dark enough you can see the stars.”
“Dust is a protective coating for fine furniture.”
“Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.”
“Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.”
“Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.”
“Adversity is, to me at least, a tonic and a bracer.”
“Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.”
“What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise.”
“The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.”
“Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.”
“Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.”
“The path of least resistance is the path of the loser.”
“Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.”
“Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him.”
“One may not reach the dawn save by the path of the night.”
“He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity”
“Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.”
“I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.”
“Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward.”