Two of the hardest tests in life: The patience to wait for the right moment and the courage to accept whatever you encounter.
Not all storms come to disrupt your life. Some come to clear your path.
- Topic: Adversity
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You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.
The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it's the same problem you had last year.
You will learn that no matter how many pieces your heart was broken into, the world will not stop for you to fix it.
Waves are inspiring not because they rise and fall, but because each time they fall they never fail to rise again.
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.
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.
A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.
When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.
Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.
