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Failure is success if we learn
from it. Malcolm Forbes |
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It is not good for all our wishes
to be filled; through sickness we recognize the value of health;
through evil, the value of good; through hunger, the value of
food; through exertion, the value of rest. Greek
saying |
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The good things of prosperity
are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity
are to be admired. Seneca |
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There could be no honor in a sure
success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.
T. E. Lawrence |
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He who never made a mistake never
made a discovery. Samuel Smiles |
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Prosperity is a great teacher;
adversity is a greater one. Possession pampers the mind; privation
trains and strengthens it. William Hazlitt |
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The finest steel has to go through
the hottest fire. Richard Nixon |
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Its not whether you get knocked
down. Its whether you get up again. Vince Lombardi |
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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. Martin
Luther King, Jr. |
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Pain nourishes courage. You can't
be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.
Mary Tyler Moore |
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The measure of a man is the way
he bears up under misfortune. Plutarch |
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Acceptance of what has happened
is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
William James |
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It would not be better if things
happened to men just as they wish. Heraclitus |
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Great minds have purposes; little
minds have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; great
minds rise above them. Washington Irving |
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Nothing bad ever happens without
equal or greater benefit in return. Napoleon
Hill |
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There is so much for us all to
forgive that we shall never get it done without putting in a lot
of practice. Every act of forgiveness is a raid on the kingdom
of fear. Neville Ward |
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The truth that many people never
understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to
avoid suffering the more you suffer because smaller and more insignificant
things begin to torture you in proportion to your fear of being
hurt. Thomas Merton |
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All the world is full of suffering.
It is also full of overcoming it. Helen Keller |
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It never pays to go looking for
trouble; its too easy to find. Happiness won't have anything to
do with a man that likes trouble. The moment a man stops looking
for trouble, happiness will look for him. Irving
Bachellor |
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Our problems are man- made; therefore,
they may be solved by man. John F. Kennedy |
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The greatest griefs are those
we cause ourselves. Sophocles |
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That which does not kill me makes
me stronger. Nietzsche |
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The trick is not how well you
deal with success but how well you deal with adversity.
W. Michael Blumenthal |
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Troubles are the context in which
God makes himself visible. Neal Cassady |
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A problem well stated is a problem
half solved. |
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There is no chance, no destiny,
no fate that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve
of a determined soul. Ella Wilcox |
