The larger the bricks your enemies throw at you the larger the palace you are going to build.

As rain does not bother the ocean, nor heat bother the sun, so adversity does not bother the great.

Champions are made in the dark before they are revealed in light.

Turn your adversity into building blocks for the palace of your dreams.

In our deepest valleys we are strengthened to climb our highest mountains.

A rose's beautiful scent is extracted only when it is crushed.

Your strength doesn't come from winning. It comes from struggles and hardship. Everything that you go through prepares you for the next level.

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

The more bitterness we taste in sin, the more sweetness we shall taste in Christ.

The ship which lies at anchor may sometimes be a little shaken—but never sinks; flesh and blood may have its fears and disquiets—but grace keeps them afloat. A Christian, having cast anchor in heaven, his heart never sinks.

We are never more precious in gods eyes than when we are lepers in our own.

After a bitter pill, God gives sugar.