…it is more civilized to make fun of life than to bewail it.

Peace is more of an internal settlement rather than what is visible on the external.

The pressure of adversity is the most powerful sustainer of accountability. It’s as though everything you do is multiplied by 50 in order to surpass those with a head-start. I was never capable of slacking...

One with great successes has had equally great hardships.

Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature’s laws wrong, it learned to walk without having feet. Funny, it seems to by keeping it’s dreams; it learned...

Coal that bears that pressure meets a diamond.

Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny…

I read the bible every day and the one thing I have noticed is that those characters that are closest to God seem to be the ones who question and wonder and think more than...

Tell a child, that he will soon be homeless; he will slowly detach from the world. Tell that same child that he is now homeless, he will abandon all foundations. Tell the child he has...

The bitterest hardships, the most daunting trials; none of these are burdens if it means being with you.

My friends, don’t idolize hardship. What you idolize is what your heart will look for and what your heart looks for is what you will have. And don’t capitalize on misfortune, because you will always...

Almost every sin is committed for the sake of sensual pleasure; and sensual pleasure is overcome by hardship and distress arising either voluntarily from repentance, or else involuntarily as a result of some salutary and...

…the more a human creature has tasted of bitter things the more it hungers after the sweet things of life. And we, wrapped round in rags of our virtues, and regarding others through the mist...

Fire tests gold, suffering tests brave men.

Dreams and freedom are the same. In order for them to be, they come with a price.

I’ve felt that I was trying to row a heavily loaded boat in a storm. I’ve had so much trouble just trying to keep afloat that I couldn’t be bothered about things that didn’t matter,...

When the going gets tough: the poor close their eyes, the rich open their wallets.

Like Gandalf, God knows the battle going on inside our hobbitlike selves, the wrestling match between the Baggins and the Took. The Baggins side of us takes our creature comforts for granted. We assume these...

Under every layer of pain, another layer of recovery lies in wait, the sweet, forever surprising truth of endurance.

Your true love for God is demonstrated through your ability to hold onto your faithfulness in the midst of Prosperity and Poverty, Happiness and Hardships, Sickness and Success; in whatever is Appealing or Appalling!

Greed is mistaken nobility. Instead of robbing all the pain and hardship from people’s lives and rescuing them from danger, greed robs provisions from providers.

Hollowness: that I understand. I’m starting to believe that there isn’t anything you can do to fix it. That’s what I’ve taken from the therapy sessions: the holes in your life are permanent. You have...

Understand that by giving something a name, you own it. I find that by naming it, you give yourself a sense of purpose. Like wanting to become a doctor or lawyer or writer for instance,...

Fear is the negative emotion that brings every traceable hardship into our life. Only Love can free us from fear.

Once again, mules and their attendants would give him company. Often he thought he and the mules had no difference. Both carried other’s loads.

My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man’s anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.” Therefore,...

Ashley watched her go and saw her square her small shoulders as she went. And that gesture went to his heart, more than any words she had spoken.

Once employed, the employed’s friends are reduced to creatures that he only sees when he has a new problem, or, something new to show off.

Before I was married, I thought the sound of bangles jangling on my forearms would be delightful. I looked forward to being able to wear bells around my ankles and silver necklaces around my neck,...

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.”[Meditations Divine and Moral]

We all make mistakes. It is important to learn from them and just as important to know when to move on.

He could feel himself gliding down like the sail of a weightless craft, forever plunging into the great beyond below where mermaids sing and summon their lovers home, further down into the depths of some...

I’ve only been to jail a few times, but in several different countries, at that. No, I’ve only been to jail a few times. But I still claim the ability to write a “serious” novel.

You don’t fight the battles you know you will win, its the ones that everyone says you will lose.

We seldom question the purpose of life when our world is sunny and bright. This question tends to hide itself during pleasant sailing, only rearing its face during the deepest and darkest travails, when the...

If you take a hard look at the people in your life, you may be blown away by how many explorers and survivalists surround you. Everyday, I’m amazed by the number of people I meet,...

Even in hardship, God’s goodness prevails.

If a man cannot understand the beauty of life, it is probably because life never understood the beauty in him.

We can make the best of any situation with positive outlook.

No one is without troubles, without personal hardships and genuine challenges. That fact may not be obvious because most people don’t advertise their woes and heartaches. But nobody, not even the purest heart, escapes life...

We all have our own battles to fight, and sometimes we have to go it alone. I’m stronger than you think, you’d be surprised.

Scars prove that you’re still here. That you can move on. Maybe missing a chunk of yourself, but here, goddamn it, surviving.

Creative work is often driven by pain. It may be that if you don’t have something in the back of your head driving you nuts, you may not do anything. It’s not a good arrangement....

In league with being graced by greatness, prepare to be greeted, by all that is beneath you.

you must never blame other people for what you Going through because it will teach you a lesson and that time you have to be gratefull

Journal writing Helps Us Heal. That’s one of the therapeutic methods to helping us cope with hardship or painful situations in our lives. Writing in a journal allows us to make sense of things and...

Life keeps throwing me curve balls and I don’t even own a bat. At least my dodging skills are improving.

Enclose your heart in times of need with the steel of your determination and your strength. In doing this, all things will be bearable.

Your friends will believe in your potential, your enemies will make you live up to it.

Endurance-Suppression of the pain. The pain is severe at threshold. After the threshold, capacity is built to sustain the pain. The pain is lessen when the strength of might is achieved. Mankind can endure all...