Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn't make me stronger.

Don't tell me how rocky the sea is, just bring the darn ship in. - Lou Holtz

let us speak of the wish and thereby of the sufferings; let us properly linger over this, convinced that one may learn more profoundly and more reliably what the highest is by considering suffering than by observing achievements, where so much that is distracting is present.

If a man in truth wills the Good then he must be willing to suffer all for the Good.

Don't pray for an easy life, pray to be a stronger man.

Our strength grows out of our weakness.

Their gunnin' for me, want to see me fall, you know my story, been through it all, times I felt like dyin', but I ain't cryin', what didn't kill me, makes me strong as iron.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow.

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle.

I did not pray for any relief, but I prayed for strength to suffer with courage, humility and love.

If we desire our faith to be strengthened, we should not shrink from opportunities where our faith may be tried, and therefore, through trial, be strengthened.

What grace is meant to do is to help good people, not to escape their sufferings, but to bear them with a stout heart, with a fortitude that finds its strength in faith.