Life breaks all of us sometimes…but…some grow strong at broken places.

We shouldn't be surprised when suffering and difficulty come our way; in fact, we should probably be surprised when they don't.

Job said, "Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face."

When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. Let your reason get you back up.

When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up.

Strength, both physical and spiritual, is the product of struggle!

This, then, is our desert: to live facing despair, but not to consent. Merton, Thomas. Thoughts In Solitude (p. 8). Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Kindle Edition.

You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know.

Although stunned and hungry, many sang, because it would have been pointless to aggravate misfortune by complaining.

It's not what happens to us, it's how we respond. Being broken, being empty is part of life. But how we fill up those empty places, how we heal - that's what matters.

Don't feel sorry for me.

You have been disappointed, you have undergone defeat during the depression, you have felt the great heart within you crushed until it bled. Take courage, for these experiences have tempered the spiritual metal of which you are made-they are assets of incomparable value.