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.
Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
Every calamity is a spur and valuable hint.
Treasure the memories of past misfortunes; they constitute our bank of fortitude.
If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be.
Necessity is often the spur to genius.
Necessity is the mother of "taking chances."
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
People wish to be settled; only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
Adversity causes some men to break, others to break records.
I think there is this about the great troubles - they teach us the art of cheerfulness; whereas the small ones cultivate the industry of discontent.
Opposition inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.
The thought that we are enduring the unendurable is one of the things that keeps us going.
If you do things well, do them better. Be daring, be first, be different, be just.
A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man; it is what he wants and must have to be good for anything. Hardship and opposition are the native soil of manhood and self-reliance.
Difficulties, opposition, criticism - these things are meant to be overcome, and there is a special joy in facing them and in coming out on top. It is only when there is nothing but praise that life loses its charm and I begin to wonder what I should do about it.
They sicken of calm, who know the storm.
Without the burden of afflictions it is impossible to reach the height of grace. The gift of grace increases as the struggles increase.