When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
The effects of opposition are wonderful. There are men who rise refreshed on hearing of a threat, men to whom a crises, which intimidates and paralyzes the majority, comes as graceful and beloved as a bride!
Remember that the Devil doesn't sleep, but seeks our ruin in a thousand different ways
Down you mongrel, Death! Back into your kennel!
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skills. Our antagonist is our helper.
The block of granite which was an obstacle in the path of the weak becomes a steppingstone in the path of the strong.
Strong people are made by opposition, like kites that go up against the wind.
Men strive for peace, but it is their enemies that give them strength, and I think if man no longer had enemies, he would have to invent them, for his strength only grows from struggle.
You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
The English nation is never so great as in adversity.
Enemies can be an incentive to survive and become someone in spite of them. Enemies can keep you alert and aware.
Problems are the cutting edge that distinguishes between success and failure. Problems ... create our courage and wisdom.
It is often better to have a great deal of harm happen to one than a little; a great deal may rouse you to remove what a little will only accustom you to endure.
When things come to the worse, they generally mend.
Things have got to be wrong in order that they may be deplored.
Remorse begets reform.
"The world is a wheel always turning," philosophized Mrs. Pelz. "Those who were high go down low, and those who've been low go up higher."
Life begins on the other side of despair.
It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.
In order to change, we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired.