I will instruct my sorrows to be proud; for grief is proud and makes his owner stoop.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

When the world pushes you to your knees, you’re in the perfect position to pray.

So it is more useful to watch a man in time of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask it torn off, reality remains.

Bless a thing and it will bless you. Curse it and it will curse you. . . If you bless a situation, it has no power to hurt you, and even if it is troublesome for a time, it will gradually fade out, if you sincerely bless it.

Be patient where you sit in the dark. The dawn is coming.

No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities - always see them, for they're always there.

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

There is no education like adversity.

Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.

The past has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that.