We're programmed for suffering, not joy. The masochism is built in at a very early age. You're supposed to work and suffer - and the trouble is: you believe it.

There's something about taking the path of least resistance that makes a lot of sense. But at the same time, we have to figure out which things in life are worth struggling through.

God uses broken things. It takes broken soil to produce a crop, broken clouds to give rain, broken grain to give bread, broken bread to give strength. It is the broken alabaster box that gives forth perfume. It is Peter, weeping bitterly, who returns to greater power than ever.

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

If suffer we must, let's suffer on the heights.

The Lord gets his best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction.

Don't be afraid of your worst times. If you learn from them, you'll look back on them as the best times.

Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.

He says the best way out is always through. / And I can agree to that, or in so far / As that I can see no way out but through

Being an # entrepreneur is not a get-rich scheme; it takes # strength of character to keep going.

Writing is a hard business...but nothing makes you feel better.

To lead a life that goes beyond pettiness and prejudice and always wanting to make sure that everything turns out on our own terms, to lead a more passionate, full, and delightful life than that, we must realize we can endure a lot of pain and pleasure for the sake of finding out who we are and what this world is.