Inside of a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong.

A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.

Acceptance doesn’t mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there’s got to be a way through it.

Sometimes hath the brightest day a cloud; and after summer evermore succeeds barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold: so cares and joys abound, as seasons fleet.

Put your greatest possession on the tallest shelf, so if you fall you have something to reach for.

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.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that setbacks and griefs which endure help us in our march forward.

The shell must break before the bird can fly.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.

There is no education like adversity.

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