“I am grateful for all of my problems. After each one was overcome, I became stronger and more able to meet those that were still to come. I grew in all my difficulties.”

— J.C. Penney

“Trials, temptations, disappointments — all these are helps instead of hindrances, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fibre of a character, but strengthen it. Every conquered temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than…it was before.”

— James Buckham

“One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.”

— Albert Schweitzer

“Criticism is what builds character & strength.”

“The resistance that you fight in the gym & the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.”

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins - not through strength, but through persistence.”

— Buddha