Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men. Silently and imperceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we grow strong or weak; and at last some crisis shows what we have become.
What does not destroy me, makes me strong.
I long ago came to the conclusion that all life is six to five against.
(Adversity is) the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free from admirers then.
Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist - it reduces him to his fighting weight.
From a fallen tree, all make kindling.
The virtue of prosperity is temperance; the virtue of adversity is fortitude, which in morals is the heroical virtue.
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
You can't have more bugs than a blanketful.
Even in the deepest sinking there is the hidden purpose of an ultimate rising. Thus it is for all men, from none is the source of light withheld unless he himself withdraws from it. Therefore the most important thing is not to despair.
Trouble will rain on those who are already wet.
They say a reasonable amount o' fleas is good for a dog - it keeps him from broodin' over bein' a dog mebbe.
There is nothing the body suffers which the soul may not profit by.
The burden is equal to the horse's strength.
Nothing befalls a man except what is in his nature to endure.
I am escaped by the skin of my teeth.