Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.

Good actions are a guard against the blows of adversity.

Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.

Miracles arise from conviction. Be convicted about these things: Miracles can happen. Miracles do happen. Love makes them happen.

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.

I never feel more alive than when I’m in great pain, struggling against insurmountable odds and untold adversity. Hardship? Suffering? Bring it!

You will suffer, be tempted, and make mistakes. You will learn for yourself what every heroine has learned: through overcoming challenges come growth and strength. It is your reaction to adversity, not the adversity itself, that determines how your life’s story will develop.

Where victims see adversity, extreme achievers see opportunity.

I thank God for my handicaps. For through them, I have found myself, my work and my God.

Gold is tried by fire, brave men by adversity.