The secret formula of the saints: When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord's choicest wines.

If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.

If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.

No matter what advantages you are born with-- money, intelligence, an appealing personality, a sunny outlook, or good social connections-- none of these provides a magic key to an easy existence. Somehow life manages to bring difficult problems, the causes of untold suffering and struggle. How you meet your challenges makes all the difference between the promise of success and the specter of failure.

Given the amount of unjust suffering and unhappiness in the world, I am deeply grateful for, sometimes even perplexed by, how much misery I have been spared.

He knows himself, and all that's in him, who knows adversity.

It is not the trials in your life that develop or destroy you, but rather your response to those hardships.

Be proud of your scars. They remind you that you have the will to live.

That's the story of my life; I always get the fuzzy end of the lollipop.

The human spirit is so resilient, and failure teaches you so much.

Why is this happening to me? Why am I having such a difficult time? One answer is that life is supposed to be difficult! It's what enables us to grow. Remember, earth is not heaven!

Life pushes all of us around. Some people give up and others fight. A few learn the lesson and move on. They welcome life pushing them around. To these few people it means they need and want to learn something.