Whatever brings you to your knees in weakness carries the greatest potential for your personal success and spiritual victory.

It is not on the pinnacle of success and ease where men and women grow most. It is often down in the valley of heartache and disappointment and reverses where men and women grow.

Adversity builds muscle. Adversity creates strength. Adversity, it turns out, is preparation for success.

You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still like dust, I'll rise.

But what you give up you can learn to live without, even if it causes you heartbreak at the start.

Cleaning up after themselves was a low priority for Margo and my mother. They had both recovered from cancer scares, failed marriages, and lost hope; in their opinion, dirt could wait.

what you give up you can learn to live without, even if it causes you heartbreak at the start. Whether you are mortal or not, you go on, even if sorrow nags

Pain was something to get used to, to inure yourself against. I would rather hurt myself than be hurt by someone else, and so I took up this practice with a sense of purpose and without remorse.

breaking the heart opens it.

My dad always said, 'Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.'

I believe God gives you the grace to do what you need to do.

Certainly, none of us enjoy going through struggles, but you have to understand that your struggle may be an opportunity for advancement and promotion. The very thing you are fighting against so tenaciously may be the springboard that catapults you to a new level of excellence. Your challenges may become your greatest assets.