“The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.”– Chinese Proverb

“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life. It goes on.”– Robert Frost

“When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always get worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better.”– Malcolm S. Forbes

“Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.” – Michael Jordan

“Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.”– Publilius Syrus

“He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.”– William Samuel Johnson

“The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.”– Epicetus

“Every adversity, every failure and every heartache carries with it the seed of an equivalent or a greater benefit.”– Napoleon Hill

“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.”– Og Mandino

“Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.”– Robert Schuller