1,395 quotes found
“No pain no palm no thorns no throne no gall no glory no cross no crown.”
“The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man perfected without trials.”
“As there is no worldly gain without some loss so there is no worldly loss without some gain.... Set the allowance against the loss and thou shalt find no loss great.”
“Never complain about your troubles they are responsible for more than half of your income.”
“Fire is the test of gold adversity of strong men.”
“Our trials are tests our sorrows pave the way for a fuller life when we have earned it.”
“It is the north wind that lashes men into Vikings it is the soft luscious south wind which lulls them to lotus dreams.”
“Unless a man has been kicked around a little you can't really depend upon him to amount to anything.”
“Troubles cured you salty as a country ham smoky to the taste thick-skinned and tender inside.”
“If you have to be careful because of oppression and censorship this pressure produces diamonds.”
“It is not in the still calm of life or the repose of a pacific station that great characters are formed. ... Great necessities call out great virtues.”
“I was lucky I wasn't a better boxer or that's what I'd be now - a punchy ex-pug.”
“Hot water is my native element. I was in it as a baby and I have never seemed to get out of it ever since.”
“When I was very young I tried selling used cars. It didn't last long. I guess that was my good luck too that I didn't show more promise at it or I might have been an automobile dealer.”
“In my youth poverty enriched me but now I can afford wealth.”
“I thank God for my handicaps for through them I have found myself my work and my God.”
“When one's own problems are unsolvable and all best efforts are frustrated it is lifesaving to listen to other people's problems.”
“This struggle of people against their conditions this is where you find the meaning in life.”
“In all things preserve integrity and the consciousness of thine own uprightness will alleviate the toil of business soften the hardness of ill-success and disappointments and give thee an humble co...”
“Adversity leads us to think properly of our state and so is most beneficial to us.”
