Be God or let God.
Trouble will rain on those who are already wet.
Fire tries gold, misfortune men.
There are times in everyone's life when something constructive is born out of adversity ... when things seem so bad that you've got to grab your fate by the shoulders and shake it.
In order to change, we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired.
I didn't know I'd have to be torn down before I could be built up.
A diamond is a chunk of coal that made good under pressure.
Adversity introduces a man to himself.
Trouble brings experience, and experience brings wisdom.
Adversity comes with instruction in its hand.
God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
There is little serenity comparable to the serenity of the inexperienced giving advice to the experienced.
Age and treachery will triumph over youth and skill.
Wrinkles - the service stripes of life.
Middle age is when you have a choice of two temptations and choose the one that will get you home earlier.
The United States was born in the country and moved to the city in the nineteenth century.
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
An angry man opens his mouth and shuts up his eyes.
Love is like war, easy to begin but hard to end.
She's not pushing forty, she's dragging it.
